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Pimlico Race Course, the home of The Preakness Stakes, opened on Oct. 25, 1870. The horse racing track is located on 5201 Park Heights Ave. in Baltimore. Maryland governor Oden Bowie and friends agreed at a dinner party in New York that a stakes race should be run in the fall of 1870, and Bowie vowed to build a racetrack to host the event. He did just that, and the winning colt was named Preakness. Pimlico is the second-oldest track in the nation, behind Saratoga in New York. The Maryland Jockey Club originally purchased 70 acres of land for $23,500 and built the track for $25,000. The track is one mile loam oval and 70 feet wide. From the last turn to the finish line is 1,152 feet, and the...
Pimlico Race Course, the home of The Preakness Stakes, opened on Oct. 25, 1870. The horse racing track is located on 5201 Park Heights Ave. in Baltimore. Maryland governor Oden Bowie and friends agreed at a dinner party in New York that a stakes race should be run in the fall of 1870, and Bowie vowed to build a racetrack to host the event. He did just that, and the winning colt was named Preakness. Pimlico is the second-oldest track in the nation, behind Saratoga in New York. The Maryland Jockey Club originally purchased 70 acres of land for $23,500 and built the track for $25,000. The track is one mile loam oval and 70 feet wide. From the last turn to the finish line is 1,152 feet, and the area the course is built on is 140 acres. The daily seating capacity is 14,852, but the course can accommodate an estimated 109,398 people for The Preakness. The infield, which is known for its partying scene, can hold an estimated 60,000. The first Preakness Stakes took place on May 27, 1873. It is the second race in horse racing's Triple Crown. Since 1925, the Preakness has been a 1 3/16-mile race. The Black-Eyed Susan, a stakes race named after Maryland's state flower, was first run at Pimlico in 1919. It is traditionally run the Friday before Preakness.
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Virgin Fest attendance down slightly this year
Slightly more than 60,000 people attended the 2008 Virgin Mobile Festival, organizers announced Friday. That's down from roughly 70,000 last year. Held at Pimlico Race Course, this year's two-day festival featured an eclectic lineup of more than 40...Tags: Festive Event, Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, Bob Dylan, Folk Music
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Swung shut
O, by the WayThe Maryland Racing Commission had to weigh human hardship against business urgency yesterday and, some argued, the greater good of Maryland's racing community as it considered whether to delay the closing of the Pimlico Race Course backstretch. In a 4-3...Tags: Magna Entertainment Corporation, Migration, Casino and Gambling, Tourism and Leisure, Casino and Gambling Industry
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The week that was
Service paints gentler view of Ivins About 250 friends, relatives and colleagues filled the pews at St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church in Frederick to pay tribute to Bruce Ivins, the Army scientist who committed suicide. As federal...Tags: Rentals, Earnings Forecasts, Theft, Music Industry, Condos and Houses
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A simple, honest version of the slots referendum
Supporters and opponents of Maryland slot machines are arguing over the wording of a slots-approval measure on November's ballot. The language goes on and on about education but says nothing about horse racing. Here's how an honest version would read:...Tags: Magna Entertainment Corporation, Referenda, Organized Crime, Casino and Gambling, Abusive Behavior
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Shareholder challenges funding by Magna parent
The parent of Magna Entertainment Corp., which owns Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course, must stop funding the racetrack company's operations at the behest of its founder, a dissident shareholder of MI Developments Inc. said yesterday in a regulatory...Tags: Magna Entertainment Corporation, Casino and Gambling, Tourism and Leisure, Investments, Casino and Gambling Industry
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Clarence Elmer Cyford
Sun ReporterClarence Elmer "Cy" Cyford, a highly decorated World War II B-26 gunner and retired security guard, died Mondayof Parkinson's disease at a son's Union Bridge home. The former Howard Park resident was 89. Mr. Cyford, who was born in Baltimore and raised...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Halethorpe, Puerto Rico, Reisterstown, Air and Space Accidents
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Magna gets extension on line of credit
Magna Entertainment Corp., owner of Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course, said yesterday that it has gotten another extension on the due date for its $40 million line of credit with a Canadian bank. It's the third time the deadline - now set for Aug. 15...Tags: Magna Entertainment Corporation
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Cleanest block in Baltimore
A residential neighborhood west of Greenspring Avenue won a competition dating to the 1930s that recognizes residents who live on the city's cleanest block, Mayor Sheila Dixon said yesterday. The winner was the 4500 block of The Strand, part of the Park...Tags: Sheila Dixon
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Congestion is expected near festival and derby
Transportation officials are warning motorists of traffic congestion this weekend near Pimlico Race Course, where Virgin Mobile Festival is being held, and on Hillen Road for the Charm City Soapbox Derby. Parking will be restricted on streets around the... -
Lots of music, no troubles
Sun reporterSitting still was not an option. Thousands of live music lovers were torn between two stages yesterday at the third annual Virgin Mobile Festival at Pimlico Race Course. It was a popularity contest, with some of today's hottest musicians vying for the...Tags: Festive Event, Morgan State University, Radio Industry, Kanye West, Virgin Music Festival
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Virgin Festival weekend is all over the map
Sun reporterThree years ago, it would have been another silent summer day at Pimlico Race Course. But yesterday, the Virgin Mobile Festival brought a stew of sights, sounds and smells to the grassy infield. A steady stream of young people pushed past vendor tents,...Tags: Festive Event, Chuck Berry, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Kanye West, Clubs and Associations
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Laurel opens 10-day meet
Sun reporterMaryland's horsemen get a break today, returning to in-state racing for the first time in two months as Laurel Park opens for a 10-day mini meet. "As usual, you'd rather run at home," said Laurel Park-based trainer Rodney Jenkins, who will send High...Tags: Magna Entertainment Corporation, Labor Day
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