 Eddington then finished third again in the Oaklawn Handicap behind Grand Reward and Second of June.In May 2005, Eddington won his first Grade I race in the $600,000 Pimlico Special at nine and a half furlongs on the dirt at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.In that race, he defeated seven stakes winners, winning by five and a half lengths over highly regarded Pollard's Vision and Presidentialaffair.