1989 Preakness Stakes
Finish Position Margin ( lengths ) Post Position Horse name Jockey Trainer Owner Post Time Odds Purse Earnings
1 st 0 7 Sunday Silence Pat Valenzuela Charlie Whittingham E. Gaillard/ A. Hancock / C. Whittingham 2.10-1 $ 325,000
2 nd nose 8 Easy Goer Pat Day Claude McGaughey III Ogden Phipps .60-1 favorite $ 100,000
3 rd 5 6 Rock Point Chris Antley Sidney Watters Jr Brookmeade Stable 22.80-1 $ 50,000
4 th 7 5 Dansil Larry Snyder Frank Brothers John A. Franks 28.30-1 $ 25,000
5 th ​ 10 ⁄ 4 1 Hawkster Marco Castaneda Ronald McAnally J. Shelton Meredith 53.60-1
6 th 12 6 Houston Angel Cordero , Jr D. Wayne Lukas Lloyd R. French/Barry Beal/D . W. Lukas 5.40-1
7 th 38 3 Pulverizing Allen T. Stacy Jerry Robb Arnold A. Heft 70.00-1
8 th ​ 39 ⁄ 2 8 Northern Wolf Clarence J. Ladner Harold A. Allen Deep Silver Stable 33.70-1
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The 1989 Preakness Stakes was the 114th running of the Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 20, 1989, and was televised in the United States on the ABC television network. Sunday Silence, who was jockeyed by Pat Valenzuela, won the race by a nose over runner-up Easy Goer. Approximate post time was 5:35 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:53-4/5. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 98,896, this is recorded as second highest on the list of American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 1989. Jim McKay of ABC Sports labeled it the best race that I have ever witnessed during the 1995 Preakness telecast. The stretch duel of the race itself was featured on ABC's Wide World of Sports prelude claiming to be the thrill of victory for 12 years. It preceded the more memorable line and the agony of defeat.