Preakness 火刑／賭けるs 観客s accessorize their race-day florals and pastels with rain gear and embrace the mud-covered horse park with some rowdy fans 格闘するing in the muck

  • Nearly 135,000 people …に出席するd the 143rd 年次の Preakness 火刑／賭けるs in Baltimore, Maryland, on Saturday
  • 激しい foot traffic created puddles of mud throughout the sodden grounds at Pimlico Race Course
  • Photographs show 観客s donning spring-worthy pastels and florals topped off with rain gear and wellies?
  • Many fans made the most of the dirty day at the 跡をつける by embracing the slippery 条件s with mud fights
  • Horse 正当化する clinched first place in the race, putting him two-thirds of the way to the coveted ３倍になる 栄冠を与える

By Megan Sheets For Dailymail.com

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Several days of rain turned the Preakness 火刑／賭けるs into a soggy 事件／事情／状勢 but racegoers made the most of their time at the horse 跡をつける on Saturday afternoon.?

Nearly 135,000 people gathered at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, for the 143rd 年次の Preakness 火刑／賭けるs as Kentucky Derby 勝利者 正当化する earned a second jewel in his 追跡 of the coveted ３倍になる 栄冠を与える.

観客s donning classic spring-worthy pastels and florals topped off their outfits with rain gear and wellies to 控訴 the soggy 天候.?

The total 出席 was 負かす／撃墜する 4.2 パーセント from last year’s 記録，記録的な／記録する - when more pleasant 天候 welcomed more than 140,000 racegoers - but was still the third largest in the event’s history.

激しい foot traffic created 広範囲にわたる puddles of thin terracotta mud throughout the sodden park grounds that coated 観客's shoes and splashed up の上に their 脚s.?

However, even the wet 天候 and slippery 条件s couldn't put a damper on the festivities as photographs show fans letting their hair 負かす／撃墜する and making the most of the dirty day at the 跡をつける.??

This year's Preakness Stakes horse race in Baltimore, Maryland, was a particularly soggy affair after several days of heavy rain?

This year's Preakness 火刑／賭けるs horse race in Baltimore, Maryland, was a 特に soggy 事件／事情／状勢 after several days of 強い雨?

Despite less-than-idea weather conditions thousands of people turned out at?Pimlico Race Course on Saturday afternoon

にもかかわらず いっそう少なく-than-idea 天候 条件s thousands of people turned out at?Pimlico Race Course on Saturday afternoon

Spectators accessorized their festive spring outfits with rain gear and wellies brightening up the dull and foggy backdrop

観客s accessorized their festive spring outfits with rain gear and wellies brightening up the dull and 霧がかかった 背景

Nearly 135,000 people turned out for the race as heavy foot traffic created a thick layer of muck on the horse park grounds

Nearly 135,000 people turned out for the race as 激しい foot traffic created a 厚い 層 of muck on the horse park grounds

Several rowdy racegoers capitalized on the slick conditions by creating makeshift wrestling rings in the muddy puddles

Several rowdy racegoers 出資するd on the 悪賢い 条件s by creating 一時しのぎの物，策 格闘するing （犯罪の）一味s in the muddy puddles

A man knocks his friend backward into a massive mud puddle causing the dirty water to splash back up into his face

A man knocks his friend backward into a 大規模な mud puddle 原因（となる）ing the dirty water to splash 支援する up into his 直面する

One man who dove headfirst into a mud pit coating his entire body including the inside of his mouth looks proudly at a camera

One man who dove headfirst into a mud 炭坑，オーケストラ席 塗装 his entire 団体／死体 含むing the inside of his mouth looks proudly at a camera

The same man was spotted several minutes later walking confidently through the horse park's infield before the race starts

The same man was spotted several minutes later walking confidently through the horse park's 内野 before the race starts

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A fan wearing a pristine pink polka dot hat looks out at the track from the grand stand
A man shows off his mud-caked face

の近くに-up photographs of racegoers show the start contrast between those who kept clean and those who embraced the mud

Spectator Tina Holmes donned an eccen tric headpiece combining a flower crown with a lilac umbrella to shied from the rain

観客 Tina Holmes donned an eccentric headpiece 連合させるing a flower 栄冠を与える with a lilac umbrella to shied from the rain

A man carries a woman on his back into the park as a Pimlico employee directs traffic with a sign that reads: 'Horse Crossing'

A man carries a woman on his 支援する into the park as a Pimlico 従業員 directs traffic with a 調印する that reads: 'Horse Crossing'

Even with the dreary weather many racegoers sported traditional sun hats for the famous event on Saturday afternoon
A woman walks down a grandstand staircase wearing an ornate hat

Even with the dreary 天候 many racegoers sported 伝統的な sun hats for the famous event on Saturday afternoon

A man carefully wades through an expansive puddle that comes to the top of his shoes as fans prepare for the race to begin

A man carefully wades through an expansive puddle that comes to the 最高の，を越す of his shoes as fans 準備する for the race to begin

One spectator appears to have taken the theme of the day quite literally by sporting a furry horse costume and headpiece

One 観客 appears to have taken the 主題 of the day やめる literally by 冒険的な a furry horse 衣装 and headpiece

The race 跡をつける was just as muddy as the area surrounding it, 追加するing the same 影響力のある variable as was seen at this year's 平等に-wet Kentucky Derby in April.?

ひどく-好意d racer 正当化する and 退役軍人 (v)策を弄する／(n)騎手 マイク Smith made the most of the sloppy 条件s, coming in first by just half a length 長，率いる of second pl エース Bravazo and third place Tenfold.??

Now only a victory at the Belmont 火刑／賭けるs next month remains in order for the three-year-old American Thoroughbred to become the 13th horse to sweep the coveted ３倍になる 栄冠を与える.

He was trained by seven-time Preakness 勝利者 （頭が）ひょいと動く Baffert, who was also the trainer for the last ３倍になる 栄冠を与える 勝利者 American Pharaoh, who 得点する／非難する／２０d the 肩書を与える in 2015.

The starting gate opens at the Preakness releasing the field onto a sloppy track at the Pimlico Race Course

When the starting gate opened the field of eight horses took off の上に the messy 跡をつける, kicking up the mud with their hooves

Justify and veteran jockey Mike Smith capitalized on the sloppy track and took first place in the race everyone came to see

正当化する and 退役軍人 (v)策を弄する／(n)騎手 マイク Smith 出資するd on the sloppy 跡をつける and took first place in the race everyone （機の）カム to see

Justify and Smith are shown right alongside second place Bravazo, second from right, and third place Tenfold, left

正当化する and Smith are shown 権利 と一緒に second place Bravazo, second from 権利, and third place Tenfold, left

After the race each of the horses and jockeys were coated in copious amounts of thick mud from the track

After the race each of the horses and (v)策を弄する／(n)騎手s were coated in copious 量s of 厚い mud from the 跡をつける