List of graded stakes at Pimlico Race Course

Stakes Races held at Pimlico Race Course

Pimlico Race Course

Pimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. Its name is derived from the 1660s when English settlers named the area where the facility currently stands in honor of Olde Ben Pimlico's Tavern in London...

each year in Baltimore, Maryland.

Grade I Stakes:	Year Inaugurated
Preakness Stakes Preakness Stakes The Preakness Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs on dirt. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds ; fillies 121 lb...	1873
Pimlico Special Pimlico Special The Pimlico Special is an American thoroughbred horse race held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland in mid May. It is raced on dirt over a distance of 1³/16 miles . The race is currently open to horses age three and older and offers a purse of $250,000.The Pimlico Special was first run in... Handicap	1937
Grade II Stakes:	Year Inaugurated
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Black-Eyed Susan Stakes The Black-Eyed Susan Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The race is open to three-year-old fillies willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt and currently offers a purse of $250,000...	1919
Dixie Stakes	1870
Allaire duPont Distaff Stakes Allaire duPont Distaff Stakes The Allaire DuPont Distaff is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. A Grade II event run in mid May, it is open to fillies and mares age three and older...	1992
Grade III Stakes:	Year Inaugurated
Gallorette Handicap Gallorette Handicap The Gallorette Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run on Preakness Day at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland as a stakes feature of the undercard. It's set at a distance of one and one sixteenth miles on the turf....	1952
Chick Lang Stakes	1975
Adena Stallions' Miss Preakness Stakes	1986
Maryland Breeders' Cup Sprint Handicap	1987
William Donald Schaefer Handicap William Donald Schaefer Handicap The William Donald Schaefer Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the third week of May at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. A Grade III event open to three-year-old horses and up, it is contested on dirt over a distance of 1-1/8 miles...	1994
Listed Stakes:
James W. Murphy Stakes	1966
Hilltop Stakes Hilltop Stakes The Hilltop Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Open to three-year-old fillies, it is contested over a distance of one mile on turf....	1973
Geisha Handicap Geisha Handicap Geisha Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in April since 1973 primarily at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore or at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel. To be eligible for the Geisha Handicap, a horse must be bred in Maryland...	1973
Federico Tesio Stakes Federico Tesio Stakes The Federico Tesio Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Contested over a distance of one and one-eighth miles on dirt, it is open to three-year-olds horses....	1981
Woodlawn Stakes Woodlawn Stakes The James W. Murphy Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Open to three-year-old horses, it is contested over a distance of one mile on turf....	1987
Barbaro Stakes Barbaro Stakes at Pimlico Race Course The Barbaro Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is run as part of the undercard for the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series...	1993
The Very One Stakes The Very One Stakes The Very One Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Open to fillies and mares three-years-old and up, it is contested over a distance of five furlongs on turf....	1993
Skipat Stakes Skipat Stakes The Skipat Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Contested over a distance of six furlongs on the dirt, it is open to fillies and mares three-years-old and up....	1993
Henry S. Clark Stakes Henry S. Clark Stakes The Henry S. Clark Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Open to horses three-years-old & up, it is contested over a distance of one mile on turf....	2001
Jim McKay Turf Sprint Jim McKay Turf Sprint The Jim McKay Turf Sprint is an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and up held annually during the third week of May at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is run as part of the undercard for the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series...	2006
Shine Again Stakes Shine Again Stakes The Shine Again Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Contested over a distance of one mile and one sixteenth on the dirt, it is open to fillies and mares three-years-old and up that are Registered Maryland-breds.Run during the...	2006
Hookedonthefeelin Stakes
Kattegat's Pride Starter Handicap	1993

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