Views of the 2013 Preakness infield [Pictures]

Discarded #Preakness tickets, one with money on favorite Orb, who placed 4th.  (Michael Gold/Baltimore Sun)

Oxbow at the finish line winning #preakness13.  (Justin George/Baltimore Sun)

Orb heads to the track.   (Olivia Hubert-Allen/Baltimore Sun)

People taking their seats in the Grandstand. Getting ready for the big race.  (Andrea Walker/Baltimore Sun)

We’re staking out a spot for the Preakness, and Gene Simmons and Pimlico owner Frank Stronach are hanging out track side.  (Olivia Hubert-Allen/Baltimore Sun)

... and they’re off. #Preakness #BaltimoreSun #NoFilter @ Pimlico Race Course.  (Justin George/Baltimore Sun)

Best dressed at #Preakness?  (Michael Gold/Baltimore Sun)

Stuart Janney, Orb and Shug McGaughey.  (Chris Korman/Baltimore Sun)

View of the track from the press office balcony. #preakness   (Olivia Hubert-Allen/Baltimore Sun)

Late afternoon and the crowd is starting to take a toll on the landscape.  (Ian Duncan/Baltimore Sun)

Gentlemen give ladies their jackets in #Preakness downpour.  (Jean Marbella/Baltimore Sun)

It’s raining! #preakness infield ducking for cover!   (Jessica Anderson/Baltimore Sun)

Spectators watch the races at Pimlico on Preakness Day.  (Olivia Hubert-Allen/Baltimore Sun)

Shelly Santry, 29, and Shelley Sprung, 29, have come to Preakness each year since 2008, making the journey from Pittsburgh. This year Santry crafted her own headgear. “If you want 100,000 people to talk to you and take your photo, wear a peacock feather hat,” she said.  (Ian Duncan/Baltimore Sun)

Crowd not entirely buying a bit in which Macklemore pretended to be British, but they’re into his encore.   (Michael Gold/Baltimore Sun)

Macklemore just rapped about his SAT score (980). Crowd into it.  (Wesley Case/Baltimore Sun)

Valentino Lopez, 1, and Ariana Lopez, 3, take in Preakness at an early age.  (Andrea Walker/Baltimore Sun)

Alishame Gardner yelled “Blackeyed” all through the grandstands as he carried a tray of Black-Eyed Susans. Sales, he said, have been a bit slow because everyone is saving their small bills to bet on longshot horses. But he expects it to pick up.  (Justin George/Baltimore Sun)

Vinoda Basnayake of Washington, D.C. sells fedora hats in the Preakness Infield. He’s among a number of attendees looking to make some money while celebrating today.   (Olivia Hubert-Allen/Baltimore Sun)

So excited to see @MrJoshCharles.   (Jean Marbella/Baltimore Sun)

Tory Leggio, 28, and Jrue Wolski, 28, had these , uh, colorful suits custom made in China. The once college roommates from Atlanta usually go to Kentucky Derby but missed it because of a wedding. So they are hanging out at Preakness. “If you’re going to do horse racing, don’t take it too seriously, Leggio said.  (Andrea Walker/Baltimore Sun)

This $8 jambalaya is worth it. The $3 bottle of water on the other hand...  (Wesley Case/Baltimore Sun)

Race 4 at Preakness Day.  (Michael Gold/Baltimore Sun)

Beauty (queen) and the beasts: Ms. Racing Queen 2013 @ #Preakness   (Jean Marbella/Baltimore Sun)

Let’s hope we don’t need these guys today.  (Andrea Walker/Baltimore Sun)

Sun sports columnist Peter Schmuck trading #Preakess tips with @Ravens’ Chad Steele.  (Jean Marbella/Baltimore Sun)

Flatten Image captured with 360Panorama app: Trackside at #Preakness.  (Michael Gold/Baltimore Sun)

Preakness graffiti wall in the Infield.  (Michael Gold/Baltimore Sun)

This dude is ready for #preakness13 @baltimoresun pic.twitter.com/OeY1Kpgm6V  (Justin George/Baltimore Sun)

Shaquan Hopkins makes about $300 to $400 selling spaces in his aunt’s yard on Manhattan Avenue. He calls it a “victimless hustle.” Spaces are $20.  (Andrea/Baltimore Sun)

Panorama of #Pimlico as the sun comes up at the 138th #Preakness.   (Jon Sham/Baltimore Sun)

Sunrise over the #Preakness.  (Jon Sham/Baltimore Sun)