| 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 |
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.
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 American Champion Older Male Horse, Omar Khayyam. In 1921 Sandy Beal won the Pimlico Spring Handicap beating 1920 Kentucky Derby winner Paul Jones, 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.
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