THE PREAKNESS STAKES

135th running of THE PREAKNESS STAKES®
$1,000,000 GUARANTEED (GRADE I)
To be run Saturday, May 15, 2010
One Mile and Three-Sixteenths

For three-year-olds, $10,000 to pass the entry box, starters to pay $10,000 additional. Supplemental nominations may be made in accordance with the rules, upon payment of $100,000, 60% of the purse to the winner, 20% to second, 11% to third, 6% to fourth and 3% to fifth. Weight 126 pounds for Colts and Geldings, 121 pounds for Fillies. Starters to be named through the entry box on Wednesday, May 12, 2010, by the usual time of closing (the “Closing”). The Preakness field will be limited to fourteen (14) entries and shall be determined on the day of the Closing. If more than fourteen (14) horses are properly nominated and pass through the entry box by the Closing, the starters will be determined at the Closing with the first seven (7) horses given preference by accumulating the highest lifetime earnings in Graded Stakes. The graded status of each race shall be the graded status assigned to the race by the International Cataloguing Standards Committee in Part 1 of the International Cataloguing Standards as published by The Jockey Club Information Systems, Inc. each year. The next four (4) starters will be determined by accumulating the highest lifetime earnings in all “non-restricted” stakes, which means those stakes whose conditions contain no restrictions other than that of age or sex. The remaining three (3) starters shall be determined by accumulating the highest lifetime earnings in all races. Should this preference produce any ties, the additional starter(s) shall be determined by lot. In application of the foregoing rule, each horse will be separately considered without regard to identity of its owner and no distinction will be made between Original Nominees and Supplemental Nominees. The foregoing conditions notwithstanding, no horse which earns purse money in The Kentucky Derby® shall be denied the opportunity to enter and start in The Preakness Stakes®. If the rules described in this paragraph result in the exclusion of any horse, the $10,000 entry fee and any supplementary fee paid to The Maryland Jockey Club of Baltimore City, Inc., if applicable,, will be refunded to the owner of such horse. A replica of the Woodlawn Vase will be presented to the winning owner to remain his or her personal property.