Grade III race | |
Location | Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1987 (as Maryland Budweiser Breeders' Cup Handicap) |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 6 furlong sprint |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old and older |
Weight | Base weights with allowances: 4-year-olds and up: 126 lbs. 3-year-olds: 120 lbs. |
Purse | $150,000 (since 2013) |
The Maryland Sprint Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and older over a distance of six furlongs run annually in mid May on Preakness Stakes day at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.