Grade III race | |
Location | Pimlico Race Course Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1870 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | www.pimlico.com |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | US$500,000 (2024) |
The Dinner Party Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid-May at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the eighth-oldest graded stakes race in the United States and the oldest stakes race in Maryland and all of the Mid-Atlantic states. The race is open to horses age three and up and is run one and one-eighth miles on the turf. Currently a Grade III stakes race with a purse of $500,000, at one time the Dixie was a very important race that drew the top horses from across North America.