Track Overview

Track -

Dirt:

  • 1 mile loam oval; Six-furlong and 1 1/4 mile chutes
  • Length of stretch from last turn to finish line = 1,152 feet
  • Track = 70 feet wide.

Turf Course:

  • 7/8 of a mile inside main track
  • Aluminum inner rail
  • Grass Course installed in 1954

    ¦Mixture of 90% Turf type tall fescue and 10% Blue Grass.

    ¦Grass height is maintained at four to five inches during racing season.
 
Stable Area - 665 stalls, plus tack, feed and 132 sleeping rooms.
 
Mechanical-Electronic Equipment - United Starting Gate; American Totalisator; Photo Finish/Camera; American Teletimer Corp. timing system; International Sound Corp., Video tape patrol closed circuit television; LumatronX Board.

Police - Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau; Office on main floor of grandstand.

First Aid - Doctor and Nurse in attendance; Office located next to racing office.

Track Kitchen - Located behind grandstand.

Jockeys' Quarters - Men’s in rear of paddock; Women’s, near paddock.

Betting Windows - 750 (including temporary windows on Preakness Day), and automated betting machines.
Capacity    
 

Main Grandstand
Old Grandstand
Clubhouse
Sports Palace
Dining

5,691
5,926
1,269
160
1,806

     
  Total Daily Seating Capacity
14,852
Additional Preakness Day Seating  
 

Terrace Box Seats
Top of the Stretch
Turfside Terrace
Clubhouse Turn Reserved
Clubhouse Turn Suites
Village Sky Chalets
Corporate Village
Standing Room (estimated)
Infield Capacity (estimated)

4,000
1,194
1,500
672
290
240
5,000
22,000
60,000
  Total 94,896
  Grand Total
109,748