pimlico race course is the name of the preakness track.
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preakness is an unincorporated community located within wayne in passaic county, new jersey, united states.









































the colt preakness, for whom the preakness stakes thoroughbred horse race at pimlico race course in baltimore, maryland is named, was owned by milton h. sanford's preakness stables located at the corner of valley road and preakness avenue.









































preakness is the birthplace of canadian horse racing hall of fame trainer, barry littlefield and his brother fred littlefield, a jockey who won the 1888 preakness stakes.
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two years before the kentucky derby was run for the first time, pimlico introduced its new stakes race for three-year-olds, the preakness, during its first-ever spring race meet in 1873. then maryland governor oden bowie named the then mile and one-half (2.41 km) race in honor of the colt preakness from milton holbrook sanford's preakness stud in preakness, wayne township, new jersey, who won the dinner party stakes on the day pimlico opened (october 25, 1870). the new jersey name was said to have come from the native american name "pra-qua-les" ("quail woods") for the area. after preakness won the dinner party stakes, his jockey, billy hayward, untied a silk bag of gold coins that hung from a wire stretched across the track from the judges' stand. this was the supposed way that the "wire" at the finish line was introduced and how the awarding of "purse" money came to be. in reality, the term "purse", meaning prize money, had been in use for well over a century.
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