After a rainy week, the sun finally came out and stayed for Preakness Day.

Shai Cooper-Jones made her first trip to Pimlico on Friday, when racing was paused by storms. She said she wanted to see the festivities before the building is torn down.

Paul Carr, who came from Cary, North Carolina, for Saturday’s racing, was another first-timer.

“I love the excitement, the pageantry and the history of the horses,” Carr said. “It’s just a really fun time.”

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Horses run in The Batoff Goldie, part of The Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, May 17, 2025, in Baltimore.
Horses run in The Batoff Goldie race on Saturday. (KT Kanazawich for The Baltimore Banner)
The Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, May 17, 2025, in Baltimore.
A worker peers toward the track at Pimlico before the gates open. (KT Kanazawich for The Baltimore Banner)
Buglers signal the start of the first race at The Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, May 17, 2025, in Baltimore.
Buglers signal the start of the first race. (KT Kanazawich for The Baltimore Banner)
Attendees watch horses circle the paddock ahead of race 4 during The Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, May 17, 2025, in Baltimore.
Attendees watch horses circle the paddock ahead of Race 4. (KT Kanazawich for The Baltimore Banner)
Gene Barcomb, 77, of Horseheads, NY and Mike Randell, 66, of Elmira, NY take shelter from the sun in the concourse during The Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, May 17, 2025, in Baltimore.
Gene Barcomb, 77, of Horseheads, N.Y., and Mike Randell, 66, of Elmira, N.Y., take shelter from the sun in the concourse (KT Kanazawich for The Baltimore Banner)
Journalism in the stables ahead of the The Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, May 17, 2025, in Baltimore.
Preakness favorite Journalism hangs out in the stables. (KT Kanazawich for The Baltimore Banner)
Brandy Lee (left) and Kene Jones (right) take photos together. They met at their first Preakness, striking up conversation because of their yellow dresses.
Brandy Lee, left, and Kene Jones take photos together after striking up a conversation because of their yellow dresses. (Florence Shen for The Baltimore Banner)
Security members meet in the morning of The Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, May 17, 2025, in Baltimore.
Security team members meet in the morning of Preakness Day. (KT Kanazawich for The Baltimore Banner)
Nick Konialian, Mary Wiltz and Teda Dotson (left to right) work as mutual clerks at the teller windows. It is Dotson’s 28th year doing this job. She said that she feels sentimental, as “it won’t be the same” after Pimlico is rebuilt.
From left, Nick Konialian, Mary Wiltz and Teda Dotson work as mutuel clerks at the teller windows. It is Dotson’s 28th year doing this job. She said she feels sentimental, because “it won’t be the same” after Pimlico is rebuilt. (Florence Shen for The Baltimore Banner)
Jockey Erik Assmussen sponges off Booth after winning the Maryland Sprint Stakes, the 4th race of the day on Preakness Saturday.
Jockey Erik Assmussen sponges off Booth after winning the Maryland Sprint Stakes, the fourth race of the day. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Banner)
Last Man Standing (left) and Drill Baby (right) race alongside each other in The Don Butler Memorial Purse at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, May 17, 2025.
Last Man Standing, left and Drill Baby race alongside each other in The Don Butler Memorial. (Florence Shen for the Baltimore Banner)
Richard Cohen holds his daughter Scarlett Cohen, 9, both of Baltimore on his shoulders outside of the paddock at Pimlico Race Course on Preakness Day, Saturday May 17, 2025. Richard Cohen has been attending Preakness for years and bring his daughter the past two years.
Richard Cohen and his daughter, Scarlett, 9, outside of the paddock. Richard has been attending Preakness for years and has brought his daughter out for the last two. (Jessica Gallagher/The Baltimore Banner)
Patrons place bets on horses during the 150th Preakness at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, May 17, 2025.
Patrons place their bets in a concourse at Pimlico. (Florence Shen for The Baltimore Banner)
The Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, May 17, 2025, in Baltimore.
Horses on the dirt course between races. (KT Kanazawich for The Baltimore Banner)
One of the horses who ran in the Donald (Don) Butler Memorial Race, the 3rd race of the day, is sprayed down by a trainer afterwards on Preakness Day at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md. on Saturday, May 17, 2025.
A horse is sprayed down by a trainer after running the Donald (Don) Butler Memorial Race. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Banner)
Irad Ortiz Jr. rides Retribution to win the Chick Lang Stakes on Preakness Saturday.
Irad Ortiz Jr. rides Retribution to win the Chick Lang Stakes. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Banner)
The Gallorette Stakes, part of The Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, May 17, 2025, in Baltimore.
The Gallorette Stakes, the 7th race of the day. (KT Kanazawich for The Baltimore Banner)

This article will be updated.