US EditionKentucky Derby winner Sovereignty won’t run in the Preakness, dashing Triple Crown possibility
- Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty will not compete in the Preakness Stakes, announced on Tuesday by 1/ST executive Mike Rogers on May 6, 2025.
- Trainer Bill Mott informed that Sovereignty will skip the Preakness to focus on the Belmont Stakes, ending the potential Triple Crown bid in 2025.
- Sovereignty won the Kentucky Derby by 1 1/2 lengths after rallying from near the rear in a field of 19 horses and previously won the Fountain of Youth after a four-month layoff.
- Assistant trainer Kenny McCarthy noted Sovereignty's positive condition, highlighting that he ate his evening meal in 20 minutes and that they had "three great weeks of training" together.
- Sovereignty’s absence guarantees no Triple Crown winner in 2025, while excitement remains high for the 150th anniversary celebration of the Preakness Stakes with world-class racing and entertainment.
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The Press-EnterpriseWhat Sovereignty’s Preakness opt-out says about the Triple Crown
People are talking about the Triple Crown, but not in the way that many in horse racing would prefer. After the announcement Tuesday that the connections of Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty have opted to skip the Preakness Stakes on May 17, spoiling any slim chance of a Triple Crown sweep this year, hard questions are being asked about U.S. racing’s centerpiece series. What does it say about the Triple Crown if one of America’s great trainers, …
Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty will not race in the Preakness
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.
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