Baltimore Events
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Preakness Celebration
The United States racing circuit features three main events,
known collectively as the ‘Triple Crown’.
Baltimore’s Preakness Stakes is one of these (the others
being the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes). So important is this
race on the city’s annual calendar that the event has now
become the culmination of a week or more of festivities which make
up Preakness Celebration in May each year. Events include hot air
ascensions, block parties, parades, fun runs and a sailpast of tall
ships. The actual race is the grand finale when top three-year-old
Thoroughbreds compete for a million Dollar prize.
Venue: Preakness Stakes: Pimlico Race Course;
Date: May 2010 TBA;
Website: www.preakness.com
