Watch Preakness fan dive head-first into mud pit

Preakness Stakes may be part of horse racing's triple crown events, but it's not quite the spectacle of the Kentucky Derby. Its annual tradition of toilet running should remind viewers of that.

And with the enormous amount of rain the mid-Atlantic area has received over the last few days, the track at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore was practically guaranteed to have at least one characteristic in common with Churchill Downs: all the mud.

So what were fans at the track supposed to do? Not swim in the mud? It seems like it's always a muddy mess at Pimlico.

Add this to the list of things at Preakness that can end in disaster. The race is set to start at 6:48 p.m. ET on NBC.

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