Dinner Party Stakes
The Dinner Party Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid-May at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the eighth-oldest graded stakes race in the United States and the oldest stakes race in Maryland and all of the Mid-Atlantic states. The race is open to horses age three and up and is run one and one-eighth miles on the turf. Currently a Grade II stakes race with a purse of $500,000, at one time the Dixie was a very important race that drew the top horses from across North America.
| Grade III race | |
The Dungannon Bowl, a 1955 replica of the original Annapolis Subscription Plate, awarded to the winner of the annual Dinner Party Stakes | |
| Location | Pimlico Race Course Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
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| Inaugurated | 1870 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
| Website | www.pimlico.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old & up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | US$500,000 (2024) |
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