Pimlico is the name of an old road and a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the city of
Baltimore, Maryland, on the east coast of the United States. The road runs by a horse racing course that is the site of the annual
Preakness Stakes, the second part of the annual
Triple Crown.
The race course dates from 1870. For the period 1890-1909, when the Preakness was held in Morris Park, New York, the grounds appear to have been used for the Maryland State Fair. Pimlico Race Course is the home of the Maryland Jockey Club.
Pimlico Road in Baltimore has been in existence since the 18th century, and may well be named after the older region near Westminster in England. It runs through an old neighborhood with another transplanted English name: Cheswolde.