Walk around Pimlico Race Course on Preakness Stakes day and you’ll learn something about Maryland race fans: They love their state colors — and they dress to prove it. 

Everywhere you look, locals will be decked out in the colors of their state flag: yellow, black and red. Similarly, the state flower, the Black-eyed Susan, is well represented on hats, scarves and novelty ties. 

Kentucky Derby day is one of the biggest days on the party calendar every year; friends and families gather, put on their best hats, drink mint juleps and root on their favorite horses in the run for the roses.