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Triple Crown Betting Odds: The Pimlico Ractrack is located in Baltimore, Maryland and is most famous because it hosts one of the Triple Crown horse races: The Preakness. It was a location of much fanfare a year ago as American Pharoah entered looking to win the second leg of the three-race trek and pulled off the feat. He went on to win the Triple Crown, becoming the first horse to do so in multiple decades.
Pimlico was opened back in 1970 and has a rich history. It has a nickname of “Old Hilltop” because of a mound on the infield which trainers and fans enjoy using as a spot to watch the races. While the Preakness Stakes is the most famous race at the track, there are several others. The Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and the Dixie Stakes are grade two stakes race while the Pimlico Special is a handicap event race which was brought back in 1988 after it was discontinued after an early run. The Pimlico Special was home to the famous race which pitted Seabiscuit against Triple Crown winner War Admiral in 1938. Seabiscuit won the race, which was covered in great detail by media from all over the country.
The Preakness Stakes is raced at a distance of one and three-eighths miles on a dirt track. The race has become quite an event, as a record 121,263 fans attended the race back in 2007. It was the highest single-event attendance in the history of the state of Maryland.
The Pimlico Racetrack has also been home to concerts in addition to the horse racing, as artists such as Kanye West, the Foo Fighters, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Who, the Beastie Boys have performer there.
American Pharoah is the defending champion at the Preakness Stakes. Other recent winners include California Chrome in 2014, Oxbow in 2013, I’ll Have Another in 2012 and Shackleford in 2011. Silver Charm, Real Quiet, Smarty Jones, Affirmed, Seattle Slew, Secretariat, Citation and Assault are among some of the other notable horses who have also claimed the victory at the Preakness on the Pimlico Racetrack in the past.
Famed trainer Bob Baffert has found much success at this racetrack, and that should be factored in as the top contenders in this year’s Preakness work themselves out. He will no doubt put his horse in great position to succeed as we see if another historic race is on the horizon at the Pimlico Racetrack in horse racing odds.
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