Pimlico Race Course
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Pimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes.
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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Racing
The following graded stakes are run at Pimlico:
- Grade 1 Pimlico Special
- 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
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