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 ...

The Preakness winner remains in the picture for champion 3-year-old male after his third career Grade 1 victory Saturday.

With the Preakness Stakes on May 17 and the Belmont Stakes on June 7, Sovereignty is set to forego a shot at the Triple Crown and go for a maximum of two victories.

Sovereignty will be the fourth Kentucky Derby winner in the last seven years to not run in the Preakness. In modern horse racing, a mere two weeks between the two races makes them too close ...

Sovereignty's Bill Mott made that clear the morning after his horse passed Journalism down the stretch in the mud at Churchill Downs with a record audience watching, casting doubt on the Preakness.

Nonetheless, Sovereignty’s removal from the Preakness field exposed the nerve that sits at the root of horse racing’s problem. The sport is trying desperately to get more people interested in it.

After several weeks of debate, the 2025 Kentucky Derby winner is back in horse racing’s spotlight. Sovereignty, whose connections opted to not run him in the Preakness Stakes, is back for the ...

The Preakness Stakes field is typically only made up of nine or 10 horses, and Sovereignty might go up against Journalism again if Mott decides to run him. MORE: The best, worst outfits from 2025 ...

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