Horse Tracks

How to Build a Horse Track

Producing your own horse track at home won't make you a professional horse racer overnight, but it will provide some fun and amusement for you and your favorite steed. Fancy grandstands and even fences aren't really necessary for a small at-home track. In fact, it's considerably more important that the soil on which you will be riding is free of rocks and debris. For this reason, it's a good idea to till the soil to remove these things before letting your horse run your track.

The History of the Pimlico Race Course

Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course is the second-oldest horse track in America. It has been a steady home to the Preakness Stakes, the second race in the Triple Crown, since 1909.