MORE: Bills signed into law to overhaul horseracing industry After this year's Preakness Stakes in May, demolition and construction will begin at Pimlico Race Course to build a new venue.

And so, on a rainy May 18 afternoon at Pimlico Race Course, those members of racing's royalty all gathered for the 149th Preakness Stakes (G1) when the likes of Baffert, McPeek, Cox, and Brown ...