After ending as runner-up on the Kentucky Derby earlier this month, the heavy-favorite Journalism earned an exhilarating victory Saturday on the a hundred and fiftieth Preakness Stakes at Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course, the second leg of the Triple Crown.
Journalism, who entered with 8-5 odds, got here from behind down the stretch to defeat a subject of eight different horses.
Gosger was second by a half-length after getting handed by Journalism simply earlier than the wire. Sandman was third and Objective Oriented fourth. Journalism went 1 3/16 miles in 1:55.37.
Journalism gave coach Michael McCarthy his second Preakness victory. It’s Umberto Rispoli’s first in a Triple Crown race, and he’s the primary jockey from Italy to win certainly one of them.
Jockey Umberto Rispoli crosses the end line on Journalism to win the a hundred and fiftieth Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Could 17, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Notably absent from the race, nevertheless, was Sovereignty, the 3-year-old colt who received the Kentucky Derby. Sovereignty continues to be anticipated to run within the Belmont Stakes on June 7 on the Saratoga Race Course in New York, organising a attainable and much-awaited rematch with Journalism.
That is the fifth time in seven years that the Preakness, for varied causes, was contested with out a Triple Crown bid at stake.
However Journalism staked his declare for 3-year-old horse of the yr by successful the $2 million American basic race run on the previous Pimlico Race Course for the final time earlier than it’s torn down and rebuilt. The Preakness is about to be held at close by Laurel Park, between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., subsequent yr earlier than a deliberate return to the brand new Pimlico in 2027.
Journalism thrived on a heat day that dried out the monitor after torrential rain fell at Pimlico for a lot of the previous week. These situations suited him higher than the slop at Churchill Downs within the Derby.
Journalism is the primary horse to win the Preakness after working within the Kentucky Derby since Mark Casse-trained Warfare of Will in 2019. Solely two others from the 19 within the Derby participated within the Preakness: Casse’s Sandman and fellow Corridor of Famer D. Wayne Lukas’ American Promise.
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