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May 9, 2016

See the Most Gloriously Over-the-Top Kentucky Derby Street Style

By Ron Berg

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Triple Crown favorite Nyquist won the 142nd Kentucky Derby on Saturday, clinching victory nearly two seconds faster than last year’s much-celebrated winner American Pharoah. Off the racetrack, a colorful crowd stopped by photographer Ron Berg’s photo booth wearing an array of pastels, sundresses, and whimsical hats adorned in extravagant feathers, flowers, and delicate tulle.

Miss Kentucky wore an elegant floral dress and one man went shirtless with a Budweiser can, while other men wore suits in bubblegum-pink, paint-splattered fabric, and leopard prints. Click ahead for a look at the weekend’s most colorful and eccentric racegoers.

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Clark Davis, Miss Kentucky 2015  Photo: Ron Berg
Jay Marx, Danielle Hansen Friends of the owner of the Kentucky Derby's winning horse, Nyquist. Photo: Ron Berg
Charles & Stevie Carper 
Shemar Maxwell, Terrell Dion Linley 
Andrea Helson-Bays 
Brian & Cathy Reynolds, Judy Finn & Dan Neely 
Ines Hernandez, Caitlin Cawley 
Bonnie McGonnell 
Grace Brattcher, Dayten Hall 
Cherryn Wilder, Izu Dina Batrektarevie  Photo: Ron Berg
Terri Stoltz, Susan Clark, Cari Adkins  Photo: Ron Berg
James Blankenship, Derrick Grigsby  Photo: Ron Berg
Pierre & John King  Photo: Ron Berg
Top row, from left: Allison McCullough, Sidney Blair, Katy McWhorter, Natalia Iemmiti. Bottom row: Kokine Dubish, Nancy Stevens, Whitney Walsh, Farrah... Top row, from left: Allison McCullough, Sidney Blair, Katy McWhorter, Natalia Iemmiti. Bottom row: Kokine Dubish, Nancy Stevens, Whitney Walsh, Farrah Butler. Photo: Ron Berg
Lindsey Brodsky, Alicia Hall, Katie Robinson  Photo: Ron Berg
Heather & Heath McKeehan  Photo: Ron Berg
Raquel Villanueva, Krisztina Kovari  Photo: Ron Berg
Hal & Cheryl Hun, Frannie Cox  Photo: Ron Berg
Eddie Rosefield, Sebastian Berry, Alexander Fallah  Photo: Ron Berg
Patrick Cawley, Erica Hall  Photo: Ron Berg
Robert Bouher, Brian Bays, Chad Adkins  Photo: Ron Berg
Kelli & Ted Trostet  Photo: Ron Berg
Amanda Davidson, Autumn Davidson, Cheyenne Bingham, Elizabeth Staton  Photo: Ron Berg
Dickey Scott, Michael Attaway, Matthew Jackson  Photo: Ron Berg
Don Mitchell (Middle), Ben Butler (Right)  Photo: Ron Berg
Traci Ens, Kasy Trostet  Photo: Ron Berg
Lance Johnson, Zach Waldron, Michael Mahoney  Photo: Ron Berg
Top row, from left: Patrick Frodigh, Unknown, Roger Rapp, Keenan Harris. Bottom row: Justin Colby, Tom Tromiczak, John Sinclair, Matthew D. Whetstone.... Top row, from left: Patrick Frodigh, Unknown, Roger Rapp, Keenan Harris. Bottom row: Justin Colby, Tom Tromiczak, John Sinclair, Matthew D. Whetstone. Photo: Ron Berg
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