Preakness Stakes, Sovereignty and Triple Crown
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There will be no Triple Crown winner in horse racing this year. Sovereignty, the three-year-old thoroughbred who won the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, will not race in the Preakness Stakes – the second leg of the three races that make up the Triple Crown.
The Kentucky Derby betting favorite on May 3 is the morning-line favorite for the Preakness Stakes on Saturday. But the colt that won the Kentucky Derby isn’t at the Preakness Stakes.
Mott is a Preakness victory away from taking the career Triple Crown, but the 71-year-old trainer won't have a chance to win it with Sovereignty, opting instead to hold the colt out until the Belmont Stakes.
No Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty in Preakness highlights some philosophical horse racing changes
Just a few days after winning the Kentucky Derby, Sovereignty was ruled out of running in the Preakness Stakes.
This is the fourth time since Justify won all three races in 2018 that the Preakness will go on without a true shot at a Triple Crown.
Sovereignty will not run May 17 at Pimlico Race Course, becoming the fourth Derby winner in the past seven Triple Crown seasons to miss the Preakness.
Sovereignty won the Kentucky Derby by 1 1/2 lengths over Journalism The Preakness, the second leg of the Triple Crown, is set for May 17 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore “We want to do what ...
Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty will not run in the Preakness Stakes, officials announced Tuesday, ending any chance at a Triple Crown for a seventh consecutive year. “We received a call ...
Gosger may not have the most appealing name of the horses he will share Saturday's course with, but he could be the surprise of the race. The product of sire Nyquist and dam Gloria S (by way of Tapit), the colt has found success early in 2025.