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.

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.

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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.

The following graded stakes are run at Pimlico:

Audience at Virgin Festival 2006
Audience at Virgin Festival 2006

Pimlico Race Course was the only United states site for the Virgin Festival. Tickets where priced at $97.50 each for general admission, and the course could hold up to 60,000 people. The concert included two stages and a DJ tent, and lasted over 10 hours. Virgin Festival 2007 is also scheduled to be hosted by Pimlico.

After the big hit last year VFest has returned to Baltimore. This time it will be a 2 day festival starting August 4th and ending the 5th.
So far the lineup includes:
The Police
The Smashing Pumpkins
Beastie Boys

Coordinates: 39°21′12.6″N, 76°40′23.2″W


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