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time of 3:37 flat in his 1956 win broke the track record for two miles and a sixteenth. Four years later Beau Diable broke Wise Margin's record when winning the 1960 Pimlico Cup in 3:35 3/5.
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eased Miss Grillo then stood up in the stirrups and waved to the crowd. The next year Miss Grillo won the race again for
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miles by two seconds, a record which had stood for twenty-six years.
1821:. Defiance Crescent News Archives, p. 8 (Defiance, Ohio). 1960-12-12
1716:. Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1924-11-16
1695:. Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1958-05-13
1674:. Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1919-10-23
1653:. Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1919-11-07
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Story & photos of Miss Grillo's 1947 and 1948 Pimlico Cup Wins
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Pimlico Cup by forty lengths. Nearing the finish, Jockey
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1737:. New York Times, Section Sports, page 33. 1947-11-14
1842:. New York Times, Section Sports, page 1. 1961-12-10
1779:. New York Times, Section Sports, page 8. 1949-11-13
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1800:. New York Times, Section S, Page 1. 1956-12-16
1888:Discontinued horse races in the United States
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1735:"Favorite Wins Cup by Forty Lengths"
1756:"Miss Grillo Races To World Record"
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708:Mrs. Henry Lobe Straus
372:Most wins by an owner:
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379:Willis Sharpe Kilmer
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1819:"Sets Track Record"
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588:Edward A. Christmas
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1481:Exterminator
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1159:Edith Cavell
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883:Horatio Luro
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488:Beau Diable
459:Bayard Sharp
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175:In 1947 the
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152:World War II
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138:Exterminator
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60:Thoroughbred
1215:John Maiben
917:Rico Monte
870:Miss Grillo
822:Miss Grillo
743:Frank Bone
633:Wise Margin
584:Karl Korte
540:Karl Korte
306:Miss Grillo
180:Miss Grillo
86:left-handed
64:Flat racing
48:Inaugurated
20:Pimlico Cup
1882:Categories
1867:2020-04-26
1846:2020-04-19
1825:2020-04-12
1804:2020-03-19
1783:2020-04-21
1762:2020-03-19
1741:2020-04-25
1720:2020-03-21
1699:2020-03-19
1678:2020-04-14
1657:2020-04-14
1637:References
1391:Hephaistos
450:Tommy Lee
312:Most wins:
290:4:14.60 @
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190:, won the
16:Horse race
1344:Altawood
1047:$ 22,050
1003:$ 21,600
955:$ 23,350
909:$ 19,200
861:$ 20,750
813:$ 11,225
769:$ 11,025
729:$ 20,325
698:Nick Shuk
641:Nick Shuk
526:$ 13,646
344:Nick Shuk
136:inductee
114:Baltimore
56:Race type
38:Baltimore
1618:$ 3,450
1615:4:13.00
1570:$ 7,100
1567:3:53.00
1520:$ 6,800
1517:4:08.20
1472:$ 7,100
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1426:$ 6,950
1423:3:58.60
1382:$ 7,950
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1336:$ 8,900
1333:3:58.00
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1291:3:52.20
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1243:3:56.20
1198:$ 9,525
1195:3:53.00
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1147:3:54.80
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858:4:14.60
810:4:20.00
778:Pilaster
766:4:24.00
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690:Pilaster
668:$ 9,600
665:3:37.00
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611:2:11.20
570:$ 7,703
567:2:33.40
523:3:35.60
480:$ 6,955
477:3:38.80
230:Pilaster
118:Maryland
42:Maryland
30:Location
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132:Future
122:stayers
75:Surface
964:Stymie
405:Jockey
397:Winner
328:jockey
1575:1919
1527:1920
1477:1921
1431:1922
1387:1923
1341:1924
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422:Miles
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