A 1943 photograph captures a bustling race day at Pimlico Race Course near Baltimore, marking exactly seventy years since the inaugural running of the Preakness Stakes on May 27, 1873. In that first historic race, a powerful three‑year‑old colt named Survivor won by an astonishing ten lengths — a record victory margin that stood for more than a century until it was finally surpassed in 2004.
