Pimlico Spring Handicap
The Pimlico Spring Handicap was a race for Thoroughbred horses run annually from 1917 through 1932 at Pimlico Race Course racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland. The mile and one-sixteenth race on dirt was open to horses of either sex age three and older.
| Discontinued race | |
| Location | Pimlico Race Course Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1917 - 1932 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds & up |
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.[1] Others include 1918 winner Cudgel, who beat that year's American Champion Older Male Horse, Omar Khayyam.[2] In 1921 Sandy Beal won the Pimlico Spring Handicap beating 1920 Kentucky Derby winner Paul Jones,[3] and 1922 winner Exterminator had already won a Kentucky Derby and by the time he retired from racing had been named a five-time Champion as well as a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee.[4]
The Pimlico Spring Handicap was a victim of the Great Depression in the United States 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 - Edisto (1926)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 2 - Fred Stevens (1924, 1930)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 2 - H. Guy Bedwell (1918, 1920)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 - Harry Payne Whitney (1917, 1923)
- 2 - J. K. L. Ross (1918, 1920)
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Dist. (Miles) |
Time |
Win$ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Sun Meadow | 4 | Jimmy Smith | Thomas D. Rodrock | Katherine E. Hitt | 11⁄16 M | 1:51.20 | $2,910 |
| 1931 | Frisius | 5 | Anthony Pascuma | George Tappen | Belair Stud | 11⁄16 M | 1:47.60 | $2,750 |
| 1930 | Grey Coat | 4 | Fred Stevens | J. Woods Garth | Samuel Ross | 1 M, 70 yds | 1:43.80 | $7,280 |
| 1929 | Sortie | 4 | Pete Walls | Max Hirsch | A. Charles Schwartz | 11⁄16 M | 1:46.60 | $7,230 |
| 1928 | Canter | 5 | Steve O'Donnell | Harry Rites | J. Edwin Griffith | 11⁄16 M | 1:46.20 | $7,430 |
| 1927 | Dangerous | 5 | Edgar Barnes | Walter A. Carter | Rosedale Stable | 11⁄16 M | 1:47.20 | $7,100 |
| 1926 | Edisto | 4 | Henry Erickson | William H. Bringloe | Seagram Stables | 11⁄16 M | 1:45.00 | $6,900 |
| 1925 | General Thatcher | 5 | Louis Schaefer | Preston M. Burch | Nevada Stock Farm | 11⁄16 M | 1:45.20 | $6,070 |
| 1924 | Spot Cash | 4 | Fred Stevens | James W. Healy | Albert C. Bostwick | 11⁄16 M | 1:48.00 | $6,150 |
| 1923 | Bunting | 4 | Linus McAtee | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 11⁄16 M | 1:45.40 | $6,250 |
| 1922 | Exterminator | 7 | Albert Johnson | Eugene Wayland | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | 11⁄16 M | 1:45.80 | $3,650 |
| 1921 | Sandy Beal | 4 | Steve Wida | Robert B. Jackson | W. S. Murray | 11⁄16 M | 1:52.00 | $3,650 |
| 1920 | Boniface | 5 | Earl Sande | H. Guy Bedwell | J. K. L. Ross | 11⁄16 M | 1:46.80 | $3,650 |
| 1919 | Royce Rools | 4 | Tommy Nolan | Andrew G. Blakely | Thomas H. Cross | 11⁄16 M | 1:48.40 | $3,650 |
| 1918 | Cudgel | 4 | Lawrence Lyke | H. Guy Bedwell | J. K. L. Ross | 1 M, 70 yds | 1:43.40 | $4,150 |
| 1917 | Pennant | 6 | Frank Robinson | Albert Simons | Harry Payne Whitney | 1 M, 70 yds | 1:46.00 | $2,200 |
References
- Daily Racing Form May 9, 1917 article titled "Pennant Wins Once More: Defeats Crimper By A Head In The Pimlico Spring Handicap" Retrieved August 15, 2018
- Pittsburgh Daily Post, Page 9, May 9, 1918 article titled "Cudgel Beats Omar Khayyam" Retrieved August 16, 2018
- New York Times May 8, 1921 article titled "Sandy Beal First At Pimlico Track" Retrieved August 15, 2018
- Exterminator: The Legend of 'Old Bones' August 1st, 2016 by J. Keeler Johnson Retrieved August 16, 2018