Name of Track:
Pimlico Race Course

Location:
5201 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore, MD, United States

Date Opened:
1870

Course Type:
Flat/Thoroughbred

Main Track:
1 miles, oval

Distance
Last Turn to Finish Line:
1,152 feet

Turf course:
7 furlongs

Horse Racing at Pimlico

Pimlico Race Course is the second-oldest track in the United States (1870), just behind Saratoga in New York.

Pimlico has been run by many racing icons such as Man o' War, Sir Barton, Citation, Secretariat and Seabiscuit, who defeated Triple Crown winner War Admiral on November 1st, 1937.

Pimlico is also the home of the famous Preakness Stakes. The annual event held on the third Saturday of May is the second leg of the Triple Crown, along with the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes. Other notable races include the Barbaro Stakes, which started to run in 2007 in honor of Barbaro, who suffered a fall in the first hundred yards of the Preakness Stakes and was euthanized following the injury.

Pimlico Race Course Racing Information:

Live Racing:  Wed-Sun noon-midnight

Live Racing Calendar: March - June

Notable Races at Pimlico:

GI Events:
Preakness Stakes
Pimlico Special

GII Events:
Dixie Stakes
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
Allaire duPont Distaff Stakes

G3 Events:
Gallorette Handicap
Chick Lang Stakes
Miss Preakness Stakes
Maryland Breeders' Cup Sprint Handicap
William Donald Schaefer Handicap