HorseRacing.info

  1. HORSE BETTING TIPS In Horse Betting, it's fun to win by accident - picking a lucky number or color. However, it is far more gratifying to win by choice. Use these useful angles to become a winner. LEARN MORE
  2. HORSERACING BET TYPES All variations of Horsercing bets are derived from the premise that you will receive payouts based on the first, second, third and fourth place finishers of every race. LEARN MORE
  3. HORSERACE CARD A Horse Race Card is a printed program containing details about a race meeting. It usually lists the scheduled races, the names of the horses, and other race information. LEARN MORE

Pimlico Race Course

Pimlico race course is a historic horse race course in Baltimore, Maryland that features thoroughbred racing. It is the traditional home of the second jewel of horse racing's Triple Crown - the Preakness Stakes - which makes it one of the most important race tracks in America. Other big events hosted by the race track are the Pimlico Race Course Special, the Federico Tesio Stakes, the Jim McKay Breeders Cup Handicap and the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.

Pimlico race course has a Loam oval track, a Turf course and a Grass course. Below are the track facts:

Loam Track

Turf Course

Grass Course

Pimlico Race Course Capacity

New Grandstand 5,692
Old Grandstand 5,926
Clubhouse 1,269
   
Total Daily Seating Capacity 13,047
Standing Room (estimated) 22,000
Infield Capacity (estimated) 60,000

Pimlico Race Course History

On a late summer evening dinner party in 1868 in Saratoga, an agreement among sportsmen to stage a special race became the foundation for the establishment of both the Pimlico race course and the Preakness Stakes.

Governor Oden Bowie of Maryland, a horseman and racing entrepreneur, pledged to build a new race track for a proposed stake race to be run in the fall of 1870 for three-year old colts and fillies at two miles. John Hunter, a prominent citizen of New York, proposed that it be known as the Dinner Party Stakes in honor of the evening. The governor then perked up the gathering by offering a purse of $15,000, a staggering sum in those days.

Thus, with Governor Bowie's help, the Maryland Jockey Club negotiated for the acreage known as Pimlico race course that same year. The new course, engineered by Gen. John Elliott, opened on October 25, 1870 and the Dinner Party Stakes was run. It was won by the colt Preakness who beat among others, Governor Bowie's fillie, My Maryland.

Nevertheless, Bowie had the satisfaction of putting Baltimore on the thoroughbred racing map with the Dinner Party Stakes and naming the eventual second jewel of the Triple Crown as the Preakness. The Dinner Party Stakes went on to become the Dixie Handicap (now known as the Early Times Dixie), the eighth oldest stakes in America, run annually at Pimlico race course.

Place a bet on your favorite horse now!


PLAY FREE SLOTS GAMES