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INTERNATIONAL PAVILION AT THE PREAKNESS Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore | PHOTOS BY Jay Snap TRIPLE CROWN BOUND?: Despite a freak lightning storm hitting the 140th Running of the Preakness Stakes just before post time, it still seemed so effortless for “American Pharaoh.” Bob Baffert’s three-year-old colt galloped swiftly through the driving rain and thick mud to a six-length, $1.5 million triumph over 11 other horses to capture the second leg of racing’s Triple Crown. “I’m hoping the third one is a charm,” Baffert said, referring of course to the upcoming Belmont Stakes. Inside the sturdy, finish-line tent of the International Pavilion, hosted by the Maryland Jockey Club and Canadian Amb. Gary Doer, VIP guests took shelter with iced tumblers of Black-Eyed Susans while enjoying private wagering booths, airfare giveaways by Air Canada and a menu of Canadian delicacies prepared by Montrealborn chef Spike Mendelsohn. ALSO DE RIGUEUR: Selfies inside the six new 2015 Rolls Royce Wraith, Phantom and Bespoke models parked inside the Preakness Village by sponsor Rolls Royce Motor Cars of Sterling., Va
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