BALTIMORE, 04-11-11---The Maryland Jockey Club today announced that Washington D.C.-based Hotspur will open for Grammy Award winners Train and Bruno Mars on the main stage for the Preakness InfieldFEST concert on Saturday, May 21 in the Pimlico Race Course public Infield prior to the running of the $1 million Preakness® Stakes (Grade I).
BALTIMORE, 04-08-11---Pimlico Race Course officials today announced post time for Black-Eyed Susan day, Friday May 20 has moved from 12:15 p.m. to noon.
BALTIMORE, 03-30-11---Live racing in Maryland shifts to historic Pimlico Race Course Friday, April 1 for the spring meeting. The headline event of the eight-week stand is the 136th running of the $1 million Preakness® Stakes (Grade I), the middle jewel of the Triple Crown, on May 21. The marquee meet of the Maryland racing season, which ends with the Preakness Day card, will feature 22 stakes races for purses of $2.9 million. Preakness weekend features 16 stakes races for nearly $2.5 million.
MJC urges fans to “Be Legendary” at Preakness InfieldFest
Baltimore, MD(Tuesday, March 29, 2011) —The Maryland Jockey Club (MJC) today launched the 2011 Preakness InfieldFest campaign, “The Legend of Kegasus”. Kegasus is the Lord of the InfieldFest and a modern twist on a mythical centaur. Serving as the voice and personality for all advertisements, Kegasus can be found in all of the campaign’s components to include television, radio, out-of-home and web.
Diplomats, international officials and elite business leaders to experience Mexican hospitality in exclusive setting at storied race
Baltimore, 03-21-11---The Maryland Jockey Club announced today the selection of Mexico as the Host Nation of the 2011 International Pavilion at the Preakness Stakes.
BALTIMORE, 03-14-11---The Maryland Jockey Club today announced 2011 Preakness InfieldFEST will include performances by recent Grammy Award winners Bruno Mars and Train. Both bands will play extended sets on the main stage in the public Infield on Saturday, May 21 at Pimlico Race Course when the Maryland Jockey Club, North America's oldest sporting organization, hosts the 136th renewal of the Preakness® Stakes.
Lady Legends Race II, Female Jockey Challenge and Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Headline Preakness Eve Card
BALTIMORE, February 28, 2011---For the second consecutive year, Pimlico Race Course and the Maryland Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the world’s largest breast cancer organization, announced today a partnership to raise funds to aid awareness and research to take place on Black-Eyed Susan Day, Friday, May 20, 2011. Seventy-five percent of the funds raised will go to the Komen Maryland Affiliate to use for community outreach programs in Maryland and twenty-five percent will be used for life-saving breast cancer research.
