The Pimlico Spring Handicap was a race for Thoroughbred horses run annually from 1917 through 1932 at Pimlico Race Course racetrack in

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, Maryland. The mile and one-sixteenth race on dirt was open to horses of either sex age three and older.

Historic notes

For most of its duration, the event attracted top-level horses such as inaugural winner Pennant, the 1913 Belmont Futurity winner and sire of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Equipoise. Others include 1918 winner Cudgel, who beat that year's

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, Omar Khayyam. In 1921 Sandy Beal won the Pimlico Spring Handicap beating 1920

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winner Paul Jones, and 1922 winner

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had already won a

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Retrieved August 16, 2018 The Pimlico Spring Handicap was a victim of the

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which brought much consolidation of races at every track and a dramatic reduction in purse money.

Records

Speed record: (at 1 1/16 miles) * 1:45 0/0 -

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(1926) Most wins by a

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: * 2 - Fred Stevens (1924, 1930) Most wins by a trainer: * 2 -

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(1918, 1920) Most wins by an owner: * 2 - Harry Payne Whitney (1917, 1923) * 2 -

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(1918, 1920)

Winners

References

{{reflist Discontinued horse races Horse races in Maryland Pimlico Race Course Recurring sporting events established in 1917 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1932