The wrecking ball is just about hovering over Pimlico Race Course, with a complete knockdown and rebuild of the grandstand and other facilities coming.

Baltimore's Historic Pimlico Race Course will be demolished after the 150th Preakness Stakes in May as state leaders move forward with a restoration project. Renderings of the new facility were unveiled Wednesday.

Schoolchildren learned all things horse racing while on one of the last Sunrise Tours at Pimlico Race Course as we know it.

The new clubhouse will look like a white palace in the park as part of a design inspired by the old Pimlico clubhouse and the Rawlings Conservatory in Druid Hill Park. It will have a promenade, rooftop balconies, and space for year-round gatherings. Historic wood beams from some of the current structures will be used in the new buildings.

Trainer Michael McCarthy was on hand at Pimlico to greet his Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up. “I guess he's a complete package,” McCarthy said. “He's got the looks, he's got the ability, wonderful disposition.

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson served as the host as the National Thoroughbred League held the Pimlico Cup on Saturday in Baltimore.

Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course is celebrating Preakness Day on Saturday with live Thoroughbred racing and Corgi races. According to Penn National Race Course, the public is invited to celebrate Preakness Day on May 17.

In 2011, jockey Raul Mena broke 24 bones and was in a coma for five weeks after getting thrown from a horse during a race in his native Chile.