Preakness Stakes, Sovereignty and Triple Crown
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Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty will not compete in the 150th Preakness Stakes on May 17. Because of this decision, there will be no Triple Crown winner this year, but Sovereignty will prepare to run the Belmont Stakes in June.
Sovereignty, winner of the Kentucky Derby (G1), will not run in the May 17 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course. Instead, he will be pointed toward the June 7 Belmont Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.
Not every trainer is convinced bypassing the Preakness is the prudent path to follow with a top 3-year-old colt.
Mott told Preakness officials the plan will be to enter Sovereignty in the Belmont Stakes, the third jewel of the Triple Crown, on June 7 at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York. Mott on ...
Journalism and Baeza, who placed second and third at the Kentucky Derby, respectively, are not yet confirmed to be racing in the Preakness and Belmont Stakes. Sovereignty was initially an 8-5 ...
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Paulick Report on MSNSports Talk Host 'Mad Dog' Russo Unleashes On Decision Not To Run Sovereignty In PreaknessOn Sirius XM show, Russo calls racing a "sport dying for some juice! It's got three days a year where it has a little energy.'
“Bill informed us they would point toward the Belmont Stakes.” Sovereignty chased down 7-2 favorite Journalism to win at Churchill Downs this past Saturday on a sloppy track, but Mott ...
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.