Main Track: One Mile, oval.
Turf Course: Seven Furlongs.
Distance from last turn to finish line: 1,152 Feet.
Post Times
1:10 p.m.
Exotic Wagering Format
$1. Daily Double on 1st, 2nd and last two races.
$1. Exactas on all races.
$.10 Superfectas on all races.
$.50 Trifectas on all races.
$1. Pick-3 on race 2-4, 6-8, and 8-10 (10 and 11 race cards).
$.50 Pick Four on races 4-7.
$.25 cent Pick 6 on races 5-10; races 3-8 if less than 10-race card.
Takeout Information
Win, place, and show: 18%
Daily Double and Exacta: 21%
Trifecta, Superfecta and Pick-6 wagering: 25.75%
Pick-3 and Pick-4: 14%
Contact Information
Mailing Address:
Maryland Jockey Club
Pimlico Race Course
Baltimore, Maryland 21215
Street Address:
Hayward and Winner Avenues
Baltimore, Maryland 21215
Telephone: (410) 542-9400
Fax: (410) 466-2521; Media Relations (410) 466-5622; Simulcasting (410) 664-0970
Website: www.pimlico.com | www.preakness.com
Pimlico Race Course opened in 1870 and has become famous for hosting the second leg of the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes. The race is named for the colt Preakness, who won the first running of the Dinner Party Stakes when Pimlico first opened in 1870. The Preakness and the Pimlico Special are unique races because they are run at a distance of 1 3/16 miles. The Pimlico record for that distance belongs to Farma Way, who set the record time by winning the Pimlico Special in 1991.
One of the most famous races ever held at Pimlico was the second Pimlico Special, which was run on November 1, 1938. In that race Seabiscuit defeated Triple Crown winner War Admiral by four lengths in what some horse historians consider the greatest horse race ever.
Stakes Races Preakness Stakes (Gr.1) Pimlico Special (Gr.1) Allaire Dupont Breeders’ Cup Distaff Stakes (Gr.2) Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (Gr.2) Dixie Stakes (Gr.2) Adena Stallions' Miss Preakness Stakes (Gr.3) Gallorette Handicap (Gr.3) Hirsch Jacobs Stakes (Gr.3) Maryland Breeders' Cup Handicap (Gr.3) Pimlico Breeders' Cup Distaff Handicap (Gr.3) Safely Kept Breeders' Cup Stakes (Gr.3) William Donald Schaefer Handicap (Gr. 3) Baltimore City Turf Sprint Barbaro Stakes Country Life Farm Stakes Federico Tesio Stakes Henry S. Clark Stakes Hilltop Stakes Jim McKay Sprint Maryland Stallion Station Stakes Murmur Farm Starter Handicap Northview Stallion Station Stakes Pearl Necklace Stakes Shine Again Stake Skipat Stakes Very One Stakes Whimsical Stakes Woodlawn Stakes Xtra Heat Stakes
