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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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Maryland Million running with backdrop of slots vote
O, by the WayOn Saturday, I'll be covering my first Maryland Million Day. For fans who are unfamiliar with the event, it's a card of 12 horse races at Laurel Park (first post, 12:15 p.m.) where the horses are restricted to offspring of......Tags: Equestrian, Tim Keefe, Tourism and Leisure, Casino and Gambling, Magna Entertainment Corporation
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Distaff could steal show from Classic on Million Day
Today's Maryland Million Day might wind up being a case of the opening act upstaging the headliner as even horsemen are calling the $150,000 Distaff - the race preceding the feature event, the $300,000 Classic - one of the most intriguing matchups in...Tags: Athletics, Track and Field
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Arundel slots proposal divides the community
Perhaps more than in any other place in Maryland, the debate over whether to allow slot-machine gambling hits home in Anne Arundel County, where the state's largest slots parlor might be built squarely in suburbia.
Royce Clark owns a small salon and...Tags: Armed Forces, Fort Meade, Property, Simon Property Group Incorporated, Tourism and Leisure
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R. William Clarke
R. William Clarke, longtime head golf pro at Hillendale Country Club and past president of the Professional Golfers' Association of America, who was considered a national expert on the rules of the game, died Monday of heart failure at the Oak Crest...Tags: Retirement, Government, Jack Nicklaus, National Government, Clubs and Associations
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How would you feel about Curlin breaking Cigar's record as top U.S. money-winner?
A winner for racing By Sandra McKee Curlin is Tiger Woods in horseshoes. He is tall, with rippling muscles and a dominating record, and he stepped into the limelight when his sport needed a star. He was the 2007 Horse of the Year, and when he goes off...Tags: Tiger Woods, Equestrian, Kentucky Derby
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Magna gets another extension on due date
Magna Entertainment Corp., the owner of Maryland's Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course, said yesterday it received another extension on the due date for its $40 million line of credit with a Canadian bank. It's the sixth time the deadline - now set for...Tags: MI Developments Incorporated, Magna Entertainment Corporation
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Maryland Million likely to bear McKay's name in '09
This year marks the first time the Maryland Million will be run without legendary broadcaster Jim McKay, the man who was raised in Baltimore and dreamed up the event that started in 1986. But in all likelihood, the event will bear his name starting...Tags: Sport of Kings Incorporated, Baltimore Museum of Art
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Magna gets OK to use $2 million to promote slots
In a sign that pro-slots fundraising is heating up, the owner of Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park has secured permission from its parent company to use up to $2 million to encourage voters to authorize slot machine gambling in Maryland this November,...Tags: MI Developments Incorporated, Cecil County, Tourism and Leisure, Political Candidates, Casino and Gambling Industry
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Cordish Cos. may enter slots license competition
Baltimore based Cordish Cos., which has built signature projects in the Inner Harbor and casinos in Florida, might compete for a slots license in Maryland if voters approve a November referendum legalizing the gambling machines, officials said. In an e-...Tags: Penn National Gaming, Tourism and Leisure, Political Candidates, Casino and Gambling Industry, State Budgets
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Slots arguments aired at Columbia meeting
The decision Howard County voters face Nov. 4 on whether to allow slot-machine gambling came into stark relief during a Columbia Democratic Club-sponsored discussion between Del. Frank S. Turner and Stop Slots Maryland President Aaron Meisner. If...Tags: Somerville, Tourism and Leisure, Prince George's County, Budgets and Budgeting, Political Candidates
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It's Big Brown in the Preakness
O, by the WayBig Brown continued his assault today on the Triple Crown by winning the 133rd Preakness Stakes, running away from the rest of the 12-horse field at Pimlico Race Course. With the victory, the powerful bay colt becomes the 30th horse......Tags: Big Brown, Belmont Stakes, Equestrian, Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs
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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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