Jim McKay Turf Sprint

Jim McKay Turf Sprint
Listed Stakes race
LocationPimlico Race Course,
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Inaugurated2006
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.pimlico.com
Race information
Distance5 furlongs
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old & up
WeightAssigned
Purse$100,000

The Jim McKay Turf Sprint is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and up over a distance of five furlongs on the turf held as part of the undercard for the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes annually during the third week of May at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The race offers a purse of $100,000.[1]

The Jim McKay Turf Sprint is the lead off leg of the Mid Atlantic Thoroughbred Championships Sprint Turf Division or MATCh Races. MATCh is a series of five races in five separate thoroughbred divisions run throughout four Mid-Atlantic States including; Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park Racecourse in Maryland; Delaware Park Racetrack in Delaware; Parx, Philadelphia Park and Presque Isle Downs in Pennsylvania and Monmouth Park in New Jersey.

  1. ^ 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 55 on March 3, 2007.