The 2017 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes was the 93rd running of the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes. The race took place on May 19, 2016, and was televised in the United States on the NBC Sports Network. Ridden by jockey Nik Juarez, Actress won the race by a head over runner-up Lights of Medina. Approximate post time on the Friday evening before the Preakness Stakes was 4:50 p.m. Eastern Time. The Maryland Jockey Club supplied a purse of $300,000 for the 93rd running. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:51.87.^[1] The Maryland Jockey Club reported a Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Day record attendance of 50,339. The attendance at Pimlico Race Course that day was a record crowd for Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Day and the sixth largest for a thoroughbred race in North America in 2017.

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93rd Black-Eyed Susan Stakes

Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
Location	Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Date	May 19, 2017
Winning horse	Actress
Jockey	Nik Juarez
Conditions	Fast
Surface	Dirt
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The 93rd Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Payout Schedule

$2 Exacta: (10–5) paid $ 240.20

$2 Trifecta: (10–5–6) paid $ 3,898.60

$1 Superfecta: (10–5–6-8) paid $ 16,579.20

• Winning Breeder: Gary & Mary West Stables, Inc.; (KY)
• Final Time: 1:51.87
• Track Condition: Fast
• Total Attendance: Record of 50,339

• 2017 Preakness Stakes
• Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Stakes "top three finishers" and # of starters