After a 3 year absence, the Pimlico Special returns to Preakness weekend. While NBC Sports will not be hosting this year's edition (which will be held after the Black Eyed Susan on Friday), this race has a very rich history. Most notably being the match race between War Admiral and Seabiscuit in 1938.
In later editions, the likes of Whirlaway, Twilight Tear, Citation, and Tom Fool won. Other then Whirlaway and Citation, other Preakness winners who would win the Pimlico Special include Real Quiet and Assault (who like Whirlaway and Citation was a Triple Crown winner).
In more recent years Invasor, Eddington and Mineshaft have taken home the Pimlico Special crown. Here is Invasor's Pimlico Special which was also his US debut and really his first race against older horses (which was rare to say since he technically was an older horse, his body was still 3 at the time).
Here is this year's field for the Pimlico Special.
PP Horse A/S M/E Wgt Jockey Trainer
1 Toby's Corner 4 C LA 118 Castro Eddie Motion H. Graham
2 Endorsement 5 H 124 Garcia Martin Harty Eoin G.
3 Cease 5 G L 124 Napravnik Rosie Stall, Jr. Albert M.
4 Hymn Book 6 G L 124 Velazquez John R. McGaughey III Claude R.
5 Cherokee Artist 7 H LA 118 Santiago Victor Robb John J.
6 Nehro 4 C LA 118 Nakatani Corey S. Asmussen Steven M.
7 Mission Impazible 5 H L 118 Castellano Javier Pletcher Todd A.
8 Yawanna Twist 5 H L 118 Luzzi Michael J. Parisella John
9 Alternation 4 C L 124 Quinonez Luis S. Von Hemel Donnie K.
10 Eighttofasttocatch 6 G LA 124 Russell Sheldon Keefe Timothy L.
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