Horse Racing Betting Slip from the Preakness, 1979
Horse Racing Betting Slip from the Preakness, 1979
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- Description
- The Preakness Stakes has been run at Baltimore MD’s Pimlico racetrack since 1873. The second leg of horse racing’s triple crown, the race is held in May, after the Kentucky Derby and before the Belmont Stakes.
- This exacta ticket comes from the 1979 Preakness, won by Kentucky thoroughbred Spectacular Bid, jockeyed by 19-year-old Baltimore native Ronnie Franklin. Spectacular Bid and Franklin also won that year’s Kentucky Derby.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- ticket, horse racing
- date made
- 1979
- Associated Place
- United States: Maryland, Baltimore
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 in; 8.89 cm x 5.08 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0618.03
- accession number
- 1979.0618
- catalog number
- 1979.0618.03
- Credit Line
- Michael R. Harris
- subject
- Horse Racing
- Professional
- Sports
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- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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