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. 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 Others include 1918 winner Cudgel, who beat that year's American Champion Older Male Horse, Omar Khayyam.Pittsburgh Daily Post, Page 9, May 9, 1918 article titled "Cudgel Beats Omar Khayyam" Retrieved August 16, 2018 In 1921 Sandy Beal won the Pimlico Spring Handicap beating 1920 Kentucky Derby winner Paul Jones,New York Times May 8, 1921 article titled "Sandy Beal First At Pimlico Track" Retrieved August 15, 2018 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.Exterminator: The Legend of 'Old Bones' August 1st, 2016 by J. Keeler Johnson Retrieved August 16, 2018
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$1932Sun Meadow4Jimmy SmithThomas D. RodrockKatherine E. Hitt1 M1:51.20$2,9101931Frisius5Anthony PascumaGeorge TappenBelair Stud1 M1:47.60$2,7501930Grey Coat4Fred StevensJ. Woods GarthSamuel Ross1 M, 70 yds1:43.80$7,2801929Sortie4Pete WallsMax HirschA. Charles Schwartz1 M1:46.60$7,2301928Canter5Steve O'DonnellHarry RitesJ. Edwin Griffith1 M1:46.20$7,4301927Dangerous5Edgar BarnesWalter A. CarterRosedale Stable1 M1:47.20$7,1001926Edisto4Henry EricksonWilliam H. BringloeSeagram Stables1 M1:45.00$6,9001925General Thatcher5Louis SchaeferPreston M. BurchNevada Stock Farm1 M1:45.20$6,0701924Spot Cash4Fred StevensJames W. HealyAlbert C. Bostwick1 M1:48.00$6,1501923Bunting4Linus McAteeJames G. Rowe Sr.Harry Payne Whitney1 M1:45.40$6,2501922Exterminator7Albert JohnsonEugene WaylandWillis Sharpe Kilmer1 M1:45.80$3,6501921Sandy Beal4Steve WidaRobert B. JacksonW. S. Murray1 M1:52.00$3,6501920Boniface5Earl SandeH. Guy BedwellJ. K. L. Ross1 M1:46.80$3,6501919Royce Rools4Tommy NolanAndrew G. BlakelyThomas H. Cross1 M1:48.40$3,6501918Cudgel4Lawrence LykeH. Guy BedwellJ. K. L. Ross1 M, 70 yds1:43.40$4,1501917Pennant6Frank RobinsonAlbert Simons Harry Payne Whitney1 M, 70 yds1:46.00$2,200
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