1. Johnson looked like Secretariat at the Preakness, leaving everyone in his dust, breaking the Olympic record.

2. More than 107,000 people attended the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore to watch Shackleford speed to victory on Saturday.

3. Only a small portion of Preakness fans come back to Maryland's tracks during the rest of the year.

4. Prince of Thieves is a three-quarter brother to Timber Country, the 1995 Preakness winner.

5. Government leaders and industry experts are hopeful this year's Preakness will bring a boost to the state's struggling horse industry.

6. He suffered a life - threatening break during the Preakness, then developed a hoof disease.