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Originally Posted by Thomas Roulston
How come Maryland has never hosted a BC?
If they're good enough to host one of the Triple Crown races ...
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Stop by Pimlico sometime for a partial answer to your question. It's old and I think qualifies as run down.
They host the Preakness because they've always hosted the Preakness. Actually, a colt named Preakness won the first running of the Dinner Party Stakes the year Pimlico opened (1870). Three years later the horse would have the 1873 Preakness Stakes named in his honor.
As for Laurel, I think traffic would be a nightmare, somewhat like Monmouth.
