The Maryland Horse Breeders Association will offer a series of bonuses for runners bred or sired in the state that perform well in October's Preakness Stakes, potentially totaling $500,000.
If a horse that's both Maryland-bred and -sired wins the Preakness on Oct. 3, the winner's owner and breeder will each receive a bonus of $225,000, and the owner of the winner's sire will receive $50,000.
For a Preakness winner that's Maryland-bred, but not Maryland-sired, the owner and breeder will each earn a $225,000 bonus.
A Preakness winner that's Maryland-sired, but not Maryland-bred, would earn the winning racehorse owner $225,000 and the stallion owner $50,000.
Finishing second for horses in any of the above categories would earn their connections 20 percent of the winner's bonus – $45,000 for owners and breeders, and $10,000 for stallion owners. Running third in the Preakness would earn 10 percent – $22,500 for owners and breeders, and $5,000 for stallion owners.
Past Maryland-bred Preakness winners include Deputed Testamony (1983), Kauai King (1966), and Challedon (1939). Last year's race featured the Maryland-bred multiple stakes winner Alwaysmining.
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