The racehorse Preakness, the namesake of the second race in the Triple Crown series, and the accomplished trainer William Lakeland have been elected to the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame by the Museum's Historic Review Committee.
Preakness and Lakeland join Eclipse Award-winning filly Heavenly Prize in the class of 2018.
Preakness, born in 1867, was bred by R. A. Alexander and purchased as a yearling by Milton H. Sanford for $4,100. In 1873, Preakness won the Jockey Club H., Long Branch S. and beat Hall of Fame inductee Harry Bassett in both the Manhattan H. and Grand National H. at Jerome Park. His other career highlights include wins in the 1874 Jockey Club S. and 1875 Balitmore Cup and finished in a dead-heat in the Saratoga Cup.
Born in Manchester, England, in 1853, Lakeland was a successful jockey before turning his attention to conditioning racehorses around 1877. His greatest successes as a trainer came with the champions Domino and Hamburg, both eventual Hall of Fame inductees. Lakeland's multiple stakes winners included Kimball, Bucktie, Babcock, Tea Tray, Exile, Tattler, Voter and Electioneer. He was famous for sending some of his horses out to race–and often win–multiple times on the same card. He died in 1908.
The Museum's Historic Review Committee is chaired by Michael Veitch and includes Edward L. Bowen, Allan Carter, Jane Goldstein, Ken Grayson, Steve Haskin, Jay Hovdey, Carl Nafzger, Mary Simon, John von Stade and Gary West.
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