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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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Preakness Beer Polka
O, by the WayAfter hearing of the Maryland Jockey Club's decision to prohibit Preakness infield spectators/partyers/lunatics from bringing their own beer into Pimlico Race Course this year, we were reminded of an old polka standard, called "In heaven, there is no...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Equestrian
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Magna bankruptcy hearing postponed until August
WILMINGTON, Del. - A bankruptcy judge agreed Tuesday to postpone a hearing on a hedge fund's request for the appointment of an examiner in horse track owner Magna Entertainment's Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. At the request of attorneys, a hearing...Tags: Magna Entertainment Corp., Financially Distressed Companies, Bankruptcy
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Volunteer and get scarce ticket to Virgin Mobile FreeFest
Not all of the tickets for this year's Virgin Mobile FreeFest are gone.
Nearly 2,500 of the tickets for the free festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion will be available starting Thursday - for a good deed.
At a news conference Tuesday morning, festival...Tags: Weezer (band), Festive Event
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Promoter leads Merriweather back from near-death
This year, when A-list acts like Taylor Swift and Phish were penciling in their summer tours, they planned stops not in Baltimore, or even Washington, but at the woodsy Merriweather Post Pavilion. So did the organizers of the Virgin Mobile Free- Fest -...Tags: Dave Matthews Band (band), Kenny Chesney, Local Authority, Clear Channel Communications Inc., Jackson Browne
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Weezer, Blink-182 among bands at free Virgin Fest
Baltimore Sun reporterRock bands Weezer, Blink-182 and Franz Ferdinand and hip-hop group Public Enemy will headline a downsized Virgin Mobile Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion, organizers announced Tuesday. The festival, formerly a two-day affair held at the sprawling...Tags: Weezer (band), Ticketmaster, Festive Event
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Lesser-name bands, new venue make it Virgin Mobile FreeFest
What a difference a year makes.
Last summer, the two-day Virgin Mobile Festival boasted top-tier names like Kanye West, Jack Johnson, Bob Dylan and the Foo Fighters at Pimlico Race Course. Tickets for both days ranged from $175 for general admission to...Tags: Jack Johnson, Sheila Dixon, Ticketmaster, Festive Event, Weezer (band)
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Rachel Alexandra romps in Mother Goose
Associated PressRachel Alexandra might need to run against the boys just to find some competition. The Preakness winner romped to a 19 1/4 -length victory in the $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes on Saturday, splitting Malibu Prayer and Flashing on the far turn at Belmont...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Building Material, New York Mets, Equestrian, Diseases
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Rosecroft parent files for Chapter 11
Cloverleaf Enterprises Inc., of Fort Washington, the parent of Rosecroft Raceway, a Prince George's County harness track, filed for bankruptcy-law protection yesterday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Maryland. Cloverleaf is the second Maryland race track...Tags: Magna Entertainment Corp., United States, Dining and Drinking, Financially Distressed Companies, Equestrian
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Laurel Park wants slots rebid
Lawyers for the Laurel Park racetrack asked Maryland's highest court Tuesday to restore its disqualified proposal for a slots casino license, suggesting the state would be better off restarting a bidding process that has fallen short of expectations. A...Tags: Magna Entertainment Corp., Casino and Gambling, Casino and Gambling Industry, Tourism and Leisure, Cordish Cos.
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Rachel Alexandra won't run in Belmont Stakes
Rachel Alexandra might one day run against the boys again, but it won't be at the 141st running of the Belmont Stakes next Saturday. The filly's owners said Friday in a statement that the Preakness winner would not enter the third leg of the Triple...Tags: Kentucky Derby, Mine That Bird (racehorse), Calendars, Days, and Months, Triple Crown, Belmont Stakes
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Bill would legalize Internet gambling on federal level
- A congressional bill lifting Internet gambling restrictions could help the ailing horse racing industry attract the new and younger bettors it craves, industry representatives say. The legislation, introduced May 6 by Rep. Barney Frank, a Massachusetts...Tags: Magna Entertainment Corp., Casino and Gambling, Casino and Gambling Industry, Tourism and Leisure, Laws
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Pimlico spring wagering up 8.9 percent from 2008
The Maryland Jockey Club concluded its spring meeting at Pimlico Race Course last weekend, posting average wagering figures that were 8.9 percent higher than comparable dates from 2008. The spring meet featured just 20 live racing dates, 11 fewer than a...Tags: Calendars, Days, and Months, Churchill Downs, Arlington Park, NBC, Equestrian
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