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Jim McKay Turf Sprint

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Inaugurated
  
2006

Distance
  
(5 furlongs)

Website
  
www.pimlico.com

Surface
  
Turf

Jim McKay Turf Sprint

Location
  
Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

The Jim McKay Turf Sprint is an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and up held annually during the third week of May at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is run as part of the undercard for the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series. The race offers a purse of $100,000.

The race was named in honor of James Kenneth McManus (1921-2008), better known by his professional name of Jim McKay, was an American television sports journalist. McKay is best known for hosting ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961–1998). McKay covered a wide variety of special events, including horse races such as the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, golf events such as the British Open, and the Indianapolis 500.

The Jim McKay Turf Sprint was first run in 2006 as the Baltimore Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint. In 2007, it ran as the Baltimore City Turf Sprint and in 2008 the race was known as the Old Mutual Turf Sprint. The stakes record is held by Heros Reward, who won the race in 2007 in a time of :55.90 over five furlongs.

Records

Speed record:

  • 5 furlongs - 55 4/5 - Hero's Reward (2007)
  • Most wins by a horse:

  • 5 - Ben's Cat (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016)
  • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 3 - Julian Pimentel (2013, 2014 & 2015)
  • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 5 - King T. Leatherbury (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016)
  • Most wins by an owner:

  • 5 - The Jim Stable (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016)
  • References

    Jim McKay Turf Sprint Wikipedia