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Before Pimlico
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May 17, 2008
Before Pimlico
The 133rd running of the Preakness at Pimlico racetrack is this Saturday. But there was a famous horse race here in southern California long before that. Off-Ramp special correspondent Kitty Felde says the horses didn't run on a track, but on a dirt road that later became known as Alamitos Avenue in Long Beach.

The 133rd running of the Preakness at Pimlico racetrack is this Saturday. But there was a famous horse race here in southern California long before that. Off-Ramp special correspondent Kitty Felde says the horses didn't run on a track, but on a dirt road that later became known as Alamitos Avenue in Long Beach.

The 133rd running of the Preakness at Pimlico racetrack is this Saturday. But there was a famous horse race here in southern California long before that. Off-Ramp special correspondent Kitty Felde says the horses didn't run on a track, but on a dirt road that later became known as Alamitos Avenue in Long Beach.