| Grade I race | |
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| Pimlico Special | |
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| Location | Pimlico Race Course,  Baltimore, Maryland  |
| Inaugurated | 1937 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.pimlico.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1³/16 miles (9.5 furlongs) |
| Track | Dirt, left-handed |
| Qualification | Four-years-old & Up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $250,000 |
The Pimlico Special is an American Grade I 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 (9.5 furlongs). The race is currently open to horses age four and older and offers a purse of $250,000.
Discontinued after 1958, the race was revived as a handicap event in 1988 and made a graded stakes race in 1990.
The Pimlico Special was first run in 1937 and was won by that year's U.S. Triple Crown winner War Admiral who went on to be voted the American Horse of the Year. In 1938, the Pimlico Special was host to one of American racing's historic moments when Seabiscuit defeated War Admiral in a much anticipated match race. That race was covered by almost every major newspaper, magazine and radio station of the time.[1]
Nineteen Pimlico Special winners or runner-ups have gone on to win a Chamionship for Horse of the Year or an Eclipse Award as its division's best horse. The lateset was Invasor in 2006, others include; Mineshaft, Lemon Drop Kid, Real Quiet, Skip Away, Blushing John, Tom Fool, Coaltown, Citation, Assault, Stymie, Armed, Twilight Tear, Devil Diver, Whirlaway, Challedon, Kayak II, Seabiscuit and War Admiral.[2]
The Pimlico track record for 1³/16 miles is held by Farma Way who ran the distance in 1:52 2/5 while capturing the 1991 Pimlico Special.
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Records
Speed record:
- 1:52.40 - Farma Way (1991) (at current distance of 1³/16 miles)
Most wins by a horse:
- 2 - Challedon (1939 & 1940)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 - Eddie Arcaro (1939, 1943, 1946, 1948)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 - Ben A. Jones (1942, 1944, 1945, 1947)
- 4 - John M. Gaver, Sr. (1943, 1949, 1950, 1953)
Most wins by an owner:
- 6 - Calumet Farm (1942, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1990)
Winners of the Pimlico Special
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance |
Time |
Purse |
Grade |
| 2009 | no race | - | no race | no race | no race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race | I |
| 2008 | Student Council | 6 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Steve Asmussen | Millennium Farms | 1-3/16 | 1:54.87 | $250,000 | I |
| 2007 | no race | - | no race | no race | no race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race | I |
| 2006 | Invasor | 4 | Ramon Dominguez | Kiaran McLaughlin | Shadwell Stable | 1-3/16 | 1:54.40 | $500,000 | I |
| 2005 | Eddington | 4 | Eibar Coa | Mark A. Hennig | Willmott Stables | 1-3/16 | 1:58.05 | $500,000 | I |
| 2004 | Southern Image | 4 | Victor Espinoza | Michael Machowsky | Blahut Stables | 1-3/16 | 1:55.89 | $600,000 | I |
| 2003 | Mineshaft | 4 | Robby Albarado | Neil J. Howard | Farish/Webber/Elkins | 1-3/16 | 1:56.16 | $600,000 | I |
| 2002 | no race | - | no race | no race | no race | no race | 0:00.00 | no race | I |
| 2001 | Include | 4 | Jerry Bailey | Bud Delp | Brereton C. Jones | 1-3/16 | 1:55.61 | $750,000 | I |
| 2000 | Golden Missile | 5 | Kent Desormeaux | Joe Orseno | Frank Stronach | 1-3/16 | 1:54.65 | $750,000 | I |
| 1999 | Real Quiet | 4 | Gary Stevens | Bob Baffert | Michael E. Pegram | 1-3/16 | 1:54.31 | $750,000 | I |
| 1998 | Skip Away | 5 | Jerry Bailey | Sonny Hine | Carolyn Hine | 1-3/16 | 1:54.20 | $750,000 | I |
| 1997 | Gentlemen | 5 | Gary Stevens | Richard Mandella | Randall Dee Hubbard | 1-3/16 | 1:53.03 | $600,000 | I |
| 1996 | Star Standard | 4 | Pat Day | Nick Zito | Condren/Cornacchia | 1-3/16 | 1:54.40 | $600,000 | I |
| 1995 | Cigar | 5 | Jerry Bailey | William I. Mott | Allen E. Paulson | 1-3/16 | 1:53.60 | $600,000 | I |
| 1994 | As Indicated | 4 | Robbie Davis | Richard Schosberg | Heatherwood Farm | 1-3/16 | 1:55.00 | $600,000 | I |
| 1993 | Devil His Due | 4 | Herb McCauley | H. Allen Jerkens | Edith LiButti | 1-3/16 | 1:55.40 | $600,000 | I |
| 1992 | Strike the Gold | 4 | Craig Perret | Nick Zito | BCC Stable | 1-3/16 | 1:54.80 | $700,000 | I |
| 1991 | Farma Way | 4 | Gary Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | Quarter B Farm | 1-3/16 | 1:52.40 | $750,000 | I |
| 1990 | Criminal Type | 5 | José Santos | D. Wayne Lukas | Calumet/J. K. Arnemann | 1-3/16 | 1:53.00 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 1989 | Blushing John | 4 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Richard J. Lundy | Allen E. Paulson | 1-3/16 | 1:53.20 | $700,000 | II |
| 1988 | Bet Twice | 4 | Craig Perret | Warren A. Croll, Jr. | Blanche P. Levy | 1-3/16 | 1:54.20 | $710,000 | |
| 1959 | - 1987 | - | no races | no races | no races | no race | no race | 0:00.00 | |
| 1958 | Vertex | 4 | Sam Boulmetis, Sr. | Joseph F. Piarulli | J. J. Brunetti/F. A. Piarulli | 1-3/16 | 2:00.60 | $60,000 | |
| 1957 | Promised Land | 3 | Bill Hartack | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 1-3/16 | 1:57.40 | $60,000 | |
| 1956 | Summer Tan | 4 | Dave Erb | Sherril W. Ward | Mrs. J. W. Galbreath | 1-3/16 | 1:56.60 | $60,000 | |
| 1955 | Sailor | 3 | Hedley Woodhouse | Preston M. Burch | Isabel Dodge Sloane | 1-3/16 | 1:57.60 | $66,500 | |
| 1954 | Helioscope | 3 | Sam Boulmetis, Sr. | Howard Hausner | William G. Helis | 1-3/16 | 1:59.00 | $60,000 | |
| 1953 | Tom Fool | 4 | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1-3/16 | 1:55.80 | $50,000 | |
| 1952 | General Staff | 4 | Glen Lasswell | Jimmy McGee | Larry S. MacPhail | 1-3/16 | 1:57.40 | $41,500 | |
| 1951 | Bryan G. | 4 | Ovie Scurlock | Casey Hayes | Meadow Stable | 1-3/16 | 1:57.40 | $41,500 | |
| 1950 | One Hitter | 4 | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1-3/16 | 1:58.60 | $25,000 | |
| 1949 | Capot | 4 | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1-3/16 | 1:56.80 | $25,000 | |
| 1948 | Citation † | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1-3/16 | 1:59.80 | $25,000 | |
| 1947 | Fervent | 3 | Albert Snider | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1-3/16 | 1:58.40 | $41,500 | |
| 1946 | Assault | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 1-3/16 | 1:57.00 | $41,500 | |
| 1945 | Armed | 4 | Douglas Dodson | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1-3/16 | 1:58.80 | $41,500 | |
| 1944 | Twilight Tear | 3 | Douglas Dodson | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1-3/16 | 1:56.60 | $41,500 | |
| 1943 | Shut Out | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1-3/16 | 2:00.20 | $41,500 | |
| 1942 | Whirlaway † | 4 | George Woolf | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1-3/16 | 2:00.40 | $16,500 | |
| 1941 | Market Wise | 3 | Wendell Eads | George W. Carroll | Louis Tufano | 1-3/16 | 1:58.80 | $16,500 | |
| 1940 | Challedon | 4 | George Woolf | Don Cameron | Branncastle Farm | 1-3/16 | 2:03.20 | $16,500 | |
| 1939 | Challedon | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | Louis J. Schaefer | Branncastle Farm | 1-3/16 | 1:59.00 | $16,500 | |
| 1938 | Seabiscuit | 5 | George Woolf | Tom Smith | Charles S. Howard | 1-3/16 | 1:56.60 | $25,000 | |
| 1937 | War Admiral | 3 | Charley Kurtsinger | George Conway | Glen Riddle Farm | 1-3/16 | 1:58.80 | $10,000 |
- For 3-yr-olds in 1937 and 1954.
- † Walkovers in 1942 and 1948.
See also
- Pimlico Special "top three finishers" and starters
- Preakness Stakes
- Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
- Pimlico Race Course
- List of graded stakes at Pimlico Race Course
References
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