Though a Grade 3, the Pimlico Special’s gaudy history makes it a major race, and several local trainers are set to try their luck.
That four of Maryland’s linchpin stakes are less prominent than they were 10 or 15 years ago is a problem that requires fixing: it’s time to make a splash.
Special Reserve, a $40,000 claim three races back, paid major dividends in winning the Grade 3 Maryland Sprint Stakes Saturday at Pimlico.
Lst Judgment came out running and never stopped en route to an easy win in the Grade 3 Pimlico Special Friday at Old Hilltop.
Who’ll win the Black-Eyed Susan, Pimlico Special and the other graded stakes on the Friday card? We asked our experts for their opinions.
Maryland-bred Cordmaker has been third in two previous runnings of the Grade 3 Pimlico Special. Trainer Rodney Jenkins hopes three’s a charm.
While the Preakness gets the glory, the Pimlico Special has been, well, special in its own right. Here, the top five Special winners of the last 30 years.
Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Mile winner Fearless, trained by Todd Pletcher, headlines a field of 11 set for Friday’s G3 Pimlico Special.
With the Preakness less than two weeks away, we take a look back at last year’s Preakness weekend. Which races were your favorites?
Score one for the home team as Maryland-bred Harpers First Ride, trained at Laurel by Claudio Gonzalez, struck in the Grade 3 PImlico Special.