Preakness Day features Guaranteed $2 million Pick 4

By David Joseph —-

$1 million Pick 5 and $500,000 Pick 4 also on tap for Saturday’s Card

BALTIMORE — Saturday’s Preakness Day card will feature multiple guaranteed pools, highlighted by a $2 million Pick 4 that encompasses four stakes — races 10-13 — and is anchored by the 142nd running of the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes (G1).

Saturday’s 14-race card also boosts a $1 million guaranteed all-stakes Pick 5, which starts in Race 9 with the $150,000 Maryland Sprint (G3) and concludes with the Preakness, Race 13, and a $500,000 Pick 4 guarantee that commences in Race 6 with a starter allowance on the turf.

Along with the Preakness Stakes, the $2 million Pick 4 will encompass the $150,000 Stella Artois Gallorette (G3) for fillies and mares on the turf, the $100,000 LARC Sir Barton for 3-year-olds and the $250,000 Longines Dixie (G2) for 3-year-olds and up on the turf.

Post time for the Preakness is approximately 6:48 p.m. First post is 10:30 a.m. and doors open at 8 a.m.

About Pimlico Race Course
Historic Pimlico Race Course, home of the Preakness® Stakes, the middle jewel in horse racing’s famed Triple Crown, first opened its doors on October 25, 1870, and is the second oldest racetrack in the United States. Pimlico has played host to racing icons and Baltimoreans have seen the likes of legendary horses such as Man o’ War, Seabiscuit, Secretariat, Affirmed and Cigar thunder down the stretch in thrilling and memorable competition. For more information on Pimlico, visit www.pimlico.com.
Pimlico Race Course is a Stronach Group company, North America’s leading Thoroughbred racetrack owner/operator. The Stronach Group racetracks include Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park & Casino, Golden Gate Fields, Portland Meadows, Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course, home of the world-famous Preakness. The company owns and operates the Palm Meadows Training Center in Florida and is one of North America’s top race horse breeders through its award-winning Adena Springs operation. The Stronach Group is one of the world’s largest suppliers of pari-mutuel wagering systems, technologies and services. Its companies include AmTote, a global leader in wagering technology; Xpressbet, an Internet and telephone account wagering service; and Monarch Content Management, which acts as a simulcast purchase and sales agent of horseracing content for numerous North American racetracks and wagering outlets. The Stronach Group is also a leading producer of social media content for the horseracing industry.