Horse Racetrack
Pimlico Race Course
Location	Baltimore, Maryland
Owned by	Magna Entertainment Corp.
Year opened	1870
Race type	Thoroughbred
Website	www.pimlico.com
Principal Races
Preakness Stakes (G1)
Dixie Stakes (G2)
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2)

Pimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Nickname: Motto: The Greatest City in America,[3] Get in on it. ... The Preakness Stakes is a classic 1 3/16 mile (1. ...

Pimlico officially opened in the fall of 1870, with the colt Preakness winning the first running of the Dinner Party Stakes. Three years later the horse would have the 1873 Preakness Stakes named in his honor. The track is also noted as the home for the match race in which Seabiscuit beat War Admiral in the second Pimlico Special, on November 1, 1938, before a crowd of 43,000. It is currently owned by Magna Entertainment Corp. 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Dixie Stakes, frequently referred to as the Dixie Handicap, is the eighth oldest graded stakes race in the United States and still run annually at Pimlico Race Course. ... The Preakness Stakes is a classic 1 3/16 mile (1. ... Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933—May 17, 1947) was a champion thoroughbred race horse in the United States. ... War Admiral (1934-1959), was a thoroughbred racing horse, the son of the great Man O War. ... The Pimlico Special is an American thoroughbred horse race held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, home to the Triple Crown race, the Preakness Stakes. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

The Preakness Stakes and the Pimlico Special are run at a distance of 1 3/16 miles. The Pimlico track record for that distance is held by Farma Way, who set it while winning the Pimlico Special in 1991.

Physical attributes

The track has a one-mile dirt oval and a seven furlong turf oval. There is stabling for about 1,000 horses, and the attendance capacity, including the infield, is about 100,000.

Racing

The following graded stakes are run at Pimlico:

• Grade 1 Pimlico Special not carded in 2007
• Grade 1 Preakness Stakes
• Grade 2 Dixie Stakes
• Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
• Grade 3 Adena Stallions' Miss Preakness Stakes
• Grade 3 Gallorette Handicap
• Grade 3 Hirsch Jacobs Stakes
• Grade 3 Maryland Breeders' Cup Handicap
• Grade 3 Pimlico Breeders' Cup Distaff Handicap
• Grade 3 Safely Kept Breeders' Cup Stakes
• Grade 3 William Donald Schaefer Handicap

The Pimlico Special is an American thoroughbred horse race held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, home to the Triple Crown race, the Preakness Stakes. ... The Preakness Stakes is a classic 1 3/16 mile (1. ... The Dixie Stakes, frequently referred to as the Dixie Handicap, is the eighth oldest graded stakes race in the United States and still run annually at Pimlico Race Course. ... The Black-Eyed Susan Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses. ... The Gallorette Handicap is a race for thoroughbred horses run on Preakness Day at the Pimlico Race Course as a stakes feature of the undercard. ...

Non-Racing Events

Audience at Virgin Festival 2006

Pimlico Race Course was the only United states site for the Virgin Festival 2006. Virgin Festival 2007 is also scheduled to be hosted by Pimlico, as a 2 day festival August 4–5. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... For the original rock festival held in England, see V Festival Virgin Festival is a rock festival held in the United States and Canada. ...

External links

• Pimlico Race Course Web Site
• Pimlico

Coordinates: 39°21′12.6″N, 76°40′23.2″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...