There will be no triple crown of horses this year.
The sovereignty of the winner of Kentucky Derby will not compete in the preakness issues.
Mike Rogers, executive vice-president of 1 / St Racing, which operates the Pimlico race course that hosts the Preakness, the decision announced on Tuesday.
“We have received a call today from coach Bill Mott that sovereignty will not participate in the preakness” ” The declaration is read. “Bill informed us that they would point to the challenges of Belmont.
“We produce our congratulations to the ties of sovereignty and respect their decision. We continue to see the excitement rely on the significant celebration of the 150th preakness issues, and we are impatiently awaiting an incredible weekend of racing and world class entertainment.”
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Mott did not address the decision publicly beyond the message shared by Rogers. The preakness takes place only two weeks after the derby, a quick turnaround in a sport where important physical stress factors are placed on rival horses.
Sovereignty will not compete in preakness issues. (AP / Abbie byr)
(Associated Press)
Sovereignty entered the Kentucky Derby on Saturday with 7-1 odds to win the race and beat the favorite 7-2 journalism to win the race during a rainy and muddy day. Journalism finished second. The victory of the derby was the second for Mott and the first for Jockey Junior Alvarado.
In total, 13 horses won the triple crown, which consists of winning the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes the same year. Justify was the most recent to win the Triple Crown in 2018. The Triple Crown 2015 Victory of American Pharoah in 2015 in 2015 in 37 -year -old drought in the statement in 1978.
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Sovereignty is the second horse in four years to jump the preakness issues after winning the Kentucky Derby. Rich Strike also jumped the Preakness after winning the Kentucky Derby in 2022.
The Preakness will take place on May 17 in Baltimore.
