Pimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. It officially opened in 1870, and held the first Preakness Stakes in 1873. 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.
The Preakness Stakes is a classic 1 3/16 mile (1.91 km) thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, held on the third Saturday in May of each year.
On 5/7/2005 the Fifty-to-one longshot Giacomo stunned the Churchill Downs crowd on Saturday, winning the $2.4 million Kentucky Derby by a half length over Closing Argument, with sentimental choice Afleet Alex finishing third. The $102.60 win payoff was the second highest in Derby history will be competing this year at the Preakness.
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