Pimlico may move Preakness to Sundays

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/h...ry.html#page=1

so, i read that article...and when they said 'it's always been here at pimlico' my ears pricked up (well, not really)...because i remembered reading otherwise. and sure enough:

'In 1890 Morris Park Racecourse in the Bronx, New York hosted the Preakness Stakes. This race was run under handicap conditions, and the age restriction was lifted. The race was won by a five-year-old horse named Montague. After 1890, there was no race run for three years.[5] For the 15 years from 1894 through 1908, the race was held at Gravesend Race Track on Coney Island, New York. In 1909 it returned to Pimlico.[6]'

i swear i thought they'd run the thing at laurel for some reason in the past...still looking tho

fun fact:
The Preakness has been staged on every day except Sunday. The classic has been run on Tuesday, 14 times; Friday, 13; Monday, 6; Wednesday, 5; and Thursday, 4.