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18
May
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Pimlico: 10 great moments

  • Ted Black / 1 year
  • 28
  • 7 min read

The current version of Pimlico had its swan song — and one more great moment — Saturday. Here’s one reporter’s take on its greatest.

Soul of the Matter
19
Jan
  • Afternoon Deelites
  • BackTracks
  • Burt Bacharach
  • Cigar
  • Dubai World Cup
  • Kentucky Derby
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Soul of the Matter

BackTracks: Burt Bacharach’s magic moments

  • Jennifer Kelly / 5 years
  • 3
  • 11 min read

In today’s BackTracks, songwriter Burt Bacharach bred a pair of West Virginia-breds that competed against — and often beat — the best of their generations.

Real Quiet
12
May
  • Cigar
  • Invasor
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Mineshaft
  • Pimlico
  • Pimlico Special
  • Real Quiet
  • Skip Away S.

Five best Pimlico Special winners

  • Frank Vespe / 5 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

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.

08
Oct
  • Cigar
  • Country Life Farm
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame
  • Mike Pons

Hall of Famer Cigar passes

  • The Biz / 12 years
  • 2
  • 2 min read

Cigar, the Maryland-bred colt whose 16-race win streak captivated the nation, has died at age 24.

14
Mar
  • Allen Paulson
  • Cigar
  • Ellen Pons
  • Maryland breeding
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame
  • Mike Pons

Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Famers: Cigar

  • The Biz / 13 years
  • 0
  • 1 min read

With the Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame poised to announce its second class of inductees, we revisit interviews with connections from the first class.

11
Feb
  • Cigar
  • Country Life Farm
  • history

Today in Racing History: Cigar

  • The Biz / 13 years
  • 0
  • 1 min read

Today in Racing History, Cigar won the fourth of his 16 straight victories and the second in his unbeaten 1995 Horse of the Year campaign.

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