Bath time for the Preakness horses
The Preakness Stakes is a horse race steeped in history. Having first been run in 1873, the thoroughbred race is the middle jewel in the run for the Triple Crown. One of the little known traditions during Preakness week at Pimlico is the bath that each horse gets after their early morning workouts. Like most three year olds the horses don’t seem to be thrilled with the mandatory scrub down, but reluctantly suffer through them.
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- 2014 Kentucky Derby winner, California Chrome gets a bath after a morning workout at Pimlico Race Course. Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun
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- Raul Rodriguez, groom, gives Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome a bath outside the Stakes Barn at Pimlico Race Course. Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun
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- Raul Rodriguez, groom, gives Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome a bath outside the Stakes Barn at Pimlico Race Course. Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun
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- Ride on Curlin, a Preakness Stakes horse, gets a bath outside the Stakes Barn at Pimlico Race Course. Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun
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- Ride on Curlin, a Preakness Stakes horse, gets a bath outside the Stakes Barn at Pimlico Race Course. Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun
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- Soap puddles near a hoof of Preakness Stakes entry Social Inclusion. The horse is getting a bath outside the Stakes Barn at Pimlico Race Course. Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun
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- Raul Rodriguez, groom, gives Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome a bath outside the Stakes Barn at Pimlico Race Course. Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun
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- Bridget Lambert the groom for Ride on Curlin washes him down after his morning workout. They prepare for the 139th Preakness Stakes. Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun
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- Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome gets a bath outside the Stakes Barn at Pimlico Race Course. Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun
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- Raul Rodriguez, groom, gives Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome a bath outside the Stakes Barn at Pimlico Race Course. Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun
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- Steam rises from the mane of 2014 Kentucky Derby winner, California Chrome while he gets a bath after a morning workout at Pimlico Race Course. Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun
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- Preakness horse, Ride On Curlin gets washed down after an early morning workout at Pimlico Race Course as the horses prepare for the 139th Preakness Stakes. Lloyd Fox/Sun Photographer
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- Excess water is scraped off of Preakness Stakes horse Social Inclusion after a bath outside the Stakes Barn at Pimlico Race Course. Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun
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- Excess water is scraped off of Preakness Stakes horse Social Inclusion after a bath outside the Stakes Barn at Pimlico Race Course. Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun
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- Raul Rodriguez the groom for California Chrome uses a sponge to wipe off the excess water during his bath. Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun
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- Raul Rodriguez the groom for California Chrome wipes down his legs during his bath. Preakness horses during their early morning workouts at Pimlico Race Course. Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun
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