Woodlawn Vase
The elegant Woodlawn Vase, originally created by Tiffany and Company in 1860 as a trophy for the now defunct Woodlawn Racing Association in Louisville, is presented annually to the Preakness winner.

The beautiful silver design assessed in 1983 for $1 million, is easily the most valuable trophy in American sports.

Black-Eyed Susans
It remains a long-standing tradition to present the winner of the Preakness a blanket of Black-Eyed Susans, which is draped across the shoulders of the winning horse. The blanket is 18 inches wide and 90 inches in length.

Alibi Breakfast
It started with a cup of coffee. In the late 1930s on the porch of the historical Pimlico Clubhouse, a group of trainers, owners and greater and lesser dignitaries would gather in the mornings to expound upon the merits of their horses.

The group would meet at the first training period starting at 6:00AM and disperse when training ended at 10:00AM Notable trainers such as Yancey Christmas and
Horatio Luro would swap information with other gentlemen in the morning, offering no alibis, but telling some of the best racing stories to ever reach print.

Today’s Alibi Breakfast is a descendant of the original gathering at the Old Clubhouse. Named in the 1940s by publicity director David Woods, today’s Alibi
Breakfast features a gathering of media, owners, trainers, jockeys and horsemen to celebrate Preakness, and solicit interesting race predictions.