Preakness Stakes: Parade of hats

Helen Hoey of Pittsburgh sports feathers at the 2017 Preakness.

Beth Workman of Reisterstown wears a black hat at the 2017 Preakness.

Anne Stinson and her daughter, Stella, 2, coordinated their hats for the 2017 Preakness.

Linda Hindman, left, of Glen Burnie, who is attending Preakness for the first time, dances for her boyfriend, Bill Faley.

From left, Stephanie Hrin of Alexandria, Va., her mother, Nancy Fleming of Reisterstown; and sister, Amy Gass of Fairfield, Pa., sport elaborate hats as the wait for the second race of the day.

Johns Hopkins student Rachel Huselid wore her mother’s hat to the Infield before the 142nd Preakness Stakes.  (Emma Patti Harris / Baltimore Sun)

Sara Chaffee, of Seattle, wears a fascinator for the 142nd Preakness at Pimlico Race Course. She has traveled to Baltimore to attend the Preakness every year since 2010.

Wayne Richardson, of Haddon Township, N.J., wears a hat covered with Triple Crown Race pins at the 142nd Preakness at Pimlico Race Course. Richardson says he’s attended the Preakness for 30 years.

Caitlin Cawley, of Worcester, Mass., wears a fascinator her mother made for the 142nd Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course.

Missy Beck sits in the grandstand on Preakness Day at Pimlico Race Course.

From left, Missy Beck and Shannon McCann attend the 142nd Preakness at Pimlico Race Course.

Eileen Robert, of Philadelphia, attends the 142nd Preakness with her sister-in-law, who is a mutuel teller at Pimlico Race Course.

Wayne Richardson, of Haddon Township, N.J., has attended Preakness Day for thirty years.

Kyla Possinger of Baltimore, says she went for something different this year -- a top hat with a feather.

From left, Annaka Stoeckel, 21, of Chicago; Emily Herman, 22, of New Jersey; Rachel Huselid, 21, of New Jersey; Zoe Demko, 21, of Detroit.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis sports a fashionable hat at the 2017.

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh arrives at Preakness in a hat styled by Christine Moore.

“I just wanted to look chic,” Debbie Thornbury of Columbia said of her fashion inspiration. This is her first Preakness.

Cindy Kila of Severna Park “wanted to capture everything about the Preakness” in her homemade hat.

Linda Shaw of Severn, with her husband, Ted, made her own hat. “I had the hat. I ordered the feathers & hot glued them on this morning,” she said.

Lauren Stuart of Baltimore and Rachel Shek of Bel Air both went with colorful fascinators.

“She always buys the hat first” and then Cheryl and Darrell Tarte of Mount Airy coordinate outfits.