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Daily Racing Information

 2008 Race Dates: Apr. 17 - Jun. 7
 
Post Time - 1:10 p.m.
     Ky Derby Day (May 3) @ 12:45pm
BES Day (May 16) @ 12:15pm
 Preakness Day (May 17) @ 10:30am
Belmont Day (June 7) @ 12:45pm

Doors Open 11:30am
Simulcasting Daily


Click here  for door-to-door directions from MapQuest.
 
 
Telephone Number: (410) 542-9400

Mailing Address:
 Pimlico Race Course
                                      5201 Park Heights Ave.,
                                      Baltimore, MD 21215
 

Public Transportation
- Bus service is available for Pimlico. For more information contact the MTA.
Simulcast: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.


Admission
- Grandstand & Clubhouse $3.00*
Sports Palace $5.00 (weekdays)
Pimlico for Laurel Racing
Grandstand & Sports Palace $3.00
Simulcast Sports Palace $2.00
Nights Free

*Active & retired military personnel are admitted free with military I.D. Local police and firemen are admitted free with proper I.D.


Black Eyed-Susan Day and Preakness Day: 

Please go to our Preakness.com website for all our current seating information.



Seating
- Grandstand: Inside Box Seats (2 seats per box) $2.50 per seat.
                    Outside Box Seats (4 seats per box) $2.50 per seat.
                    Sports Palace Seats $2.50 per seat.

Pimlico at Laurel Live Racing
Seats on Weekdays are Free with the following exceptions:
Sports Palace $0.50 seating charge, $5.00 food and beverage minimum, $3.00 seating charge after 6 p.m.

Seating - Pimlico For Laurel Live Racing
Seats on Weekdays are Free with the following exception:
Sports Palace $0.50 seating charge, $5.00 food and beverage minimum, $3.00 seating charge after 6 p.m.

Hours of Operation - Doors open at 11:30 a. m. unless otherwise stated.  We close at approximately 8:30 p. m. on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays.  We close at 12 midnight on Wednesdays and Thursdays.  We close at 1:00 a.m. Fridays.  We close at 12:30 a. m. Saturdays.  The days and hours of operation are subject to change.  (May 19th Pimlico will close at 7:00 p.m.)

Parking - General Parking is free (Preakness Way and Rogers Avenue) except Preakness Day. ClubhouseOfficial (Maple and Belvedere Avenue) $2, Valet $3. VIP (Hayward Avenue) $3

Pimlico For Laurel Live Racing
Clubhouse Free, Hayward VIP $3.00

Preakness Parking - Please go to our Preakness.com website for parking information.
 
Parking Capacity - 12 parking lots with a total of 7,522 parking spaces.

Handicapping Materials

Programs - Live Racing - Pimlico only, $1.50. Daytime Simulcast $3.50 (All Thoroughbred & Harness day races. Night Simulcast Thoroughbred $3.50 (Late afternoon & night races). Night Simulcst Harness $3.00. Rosecroft $1.50.
Programs - Simulcasting - Only simulcast programs listed above are available.


Track
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Dirt:

  • 1 mile loam oval
  • Six-furlong and 1 1/4 mile chutes
  • Length of stretch from last turn to finish line = 1,152 feet
  • Track = 70 feet wide.

Turf Course:

  • 7/8 of a mile inside main track
  • Aluminum inner rail
  • Grass Course installed in 1954
     Mixture of 50% common rye, 25% Kentucky Blue, and 25% Kentucky 31 fescue
    Grass height is maintained at four to five inches during racing season.
 
Area - 140 acres, entirely within Baltimore City limits.


Stable Area
- 500 horses, plus tack, feed and sleeping rooms.


Mechanical-Electronic Equipment
- United Starting Gate; American Totalisator; Photo Finish/Camera; American Teletimer Corp. timing system; International Sound Corp., Video tape patrol closed circuit television; LumatronX Board

Police
- Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau; Office on main floor of grandstand.

First Aid
- Doctor and Nurse in attendance; Office located next to racing office.

Track Kitchen
- Located behind grandstand.

Jockeys' Quarters
- Men’s in rear of paddock; Women’s, near paddock.

Betting Windows
- 750 (including temporary windows on Preakness Day), and automated betting machines.

 
Capacity    
 

Main Grandstand
Old Grandstand
Clubhouse
Sports Palace
Dining

5,691
5,926
1,269
160
1,806

     
  Total Daily Seating Capacity
14,852


Additional 
Preakness Day Seating
  Terrace Box Seats
Top of the Stretch
Turfside Terrace
Clubhouse Turn Reserved
Clubhouse Turn Suites
Village Sky Chalets
Corporate Village
Standing Room (estimated)
Infield Capacity (estimated)
4,000
944
1,500
642
190
240
5,000
22,000
60,000
     
  Total
94,546
     
  Grand Total
109,398

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