Pimlico Race Course

racetrack, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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In Preakness Stakes
…three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held at Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., annually in mid-May. Fillies carry 121 pounds (55 kg), colts 126 pounds (57 kg). The Preakness Stakes is the second (and shortest) race of the Triple Crown of American horse racing, which also comprises the Kentucky Derby and the…
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In Maryland: Cultural life
… venues at Laurel, Bowie, and Pimlico, the latter the home of the annual Preakness Stakes (May). Baltimore has a professional baseball team, the Orioles, and football team, the Ravens. Restaurants present a plethora of cuisines, but the traditional gastronomy of Maryland tends to be centred on terrapin soup, steamed crabs,…
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