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Beautiful Gift
14
May
  • Black-Eyed Susan S.
  • handicapping
  • Pimlico
  • Pimlico Special

Our experts pick the Black-Eyed Susan

  • Derby Bill Watson / 6 years
  • 2
  • 3 min read

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.

Cordmaker
12
May
  • Cordmaker
  • Harpers First Ride
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Pimlico Special
  • Robertino Diodoro
  • Rodney Jenkins

Jenkins hopes three’s a ‘special’ charm for Cordmaker

  • Ted Black / 6 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Maryland-bred Cordmaker has been third in two previous runnings of the Grade 3 Pimlico Special. Trainer Rodney Jenkins hopes three’s a charm.

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 / 6 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.

Fearless
11
May
  • Fearless
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Pimlico Special
  • Todd Pletcher

Fearless tops Pimlico Special field

  • Press Release / 6 years
  • 2
  • 2 min read

Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Mile winner Fearless, trained by Todd Pletcher, headlines a field of 11 set for Friday’s G3 Pimlico Special.

Harpers First Ride
02
Oct
  • Angel Cruz
  • Claudio Gonzalez
  • Harpers First Ride
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Pimlico Special

Harpers First Ride upsets Pimlico Special

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

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.

Tenfold
15
Nov
  • Black-Eyed Susan S.
  • Chris Merz
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Pimlico Special
  • Preakness

“Win and in” stakes introduced for May Maryland Jockey Club races

  • Press Release / 7 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

The Maryland Jockey Club has announced several national stakes as automatic qualifiers for the Preakness and other May stakes at Pimlico.

Tenfold
17
May
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Pimlico Special
  • Ricardo Santana
  • Steve Asmussen
  • Tenfold

Tenfold takes step toward potential in Pimlico Special

  • Teresa Genaro / 8 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Tenfold’s big effort in last year’s Preakness helped convince trainer Steve Asmussen to try the Pimlico Special – and led to a win today.

Cordmaker
15
May
  • Cordmaker
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Pimlico Special
  • Rodney Jenkins

Jenkins giving Cordmaker chance “to race with the big boys” in Special

  • Doug McCoy / 8 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Trainer Rodney Jenkins is taking a swing at the G3 Pimlico Special with Cordmaker, a 4yo who just now is coming into his own.

Flying the Flag
14
May
  • Flying the Flag
  • Graham Motion
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Pimlico Special

Motion hopes to be Flying the Flag in Pimlico Special

  • Press Release / 8 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Trainer Graham Motion hopes to defend his Pimlico Special title this year with Flying the Flag.

Irish War Cry
13
May
  • Chris Merz
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Pimlico Special
  • Searching S.

10-furlong Pimlico Special one of two stakes changes

  • The Biz / 8 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Why’s the Pimlico Special distance different this year than previously, and other questions you didn’t know you wanted answered.

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