Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty won’t run in Preakness Stakes | Preakness Stakes

Kentaki Derby will not run in PRAKNESSOfficials announced on Tuesday, which means that there will be no three -year -old champion for the seventh year in a row.

“We have received a call from coach Bill Mout that sovereignty will not compete for Preakness,” said Mike Rogers, Executive Vice President of 1/St Racing, who runs Preakness. “We extend our congratulations to sovereignty relations and respect their decision.”

The death of Preakness officials was told that the plan would be to enter the sovereignty in Belmont Stakes, the third jewel of the triple crown, on June 7 in the SARATOGA race in New York. On Sunday morning, death predicted that the virgin was overlooked in the name of long -term interests.

“We want to do what is better for the horse,” said Kentucky. “Of course, you are always thinking about a triple crown, and this is not something that we will not think about.”

sovereignty He won my muddy deer With Jockey Junior Alvarado, at the dispute of 7-1 by passing the favorite press below the extension.

Michael Banahan, Michael Banahan, postponed an interpretation of death in a text message sent to the Associated Press, describing it as “both feel that he is the right direction of the horse to move forward.” The remaining message of death was not returned immediately.

This is the fifth time Since Justify won all three races in 2018 Preakness will continue without a real shot in the triple crown. The high winner of Country House and Maximum Security, who was excluded for overlap, did not participate in 2019, races spread in 2020, and Bob Bafert was MEDINA Spirit in a positive drug test in 2021, and a long rich blow was placed in 2022 to rest for five weeks previously.

Maggie ranked third in Preakness in 2023, and mystik Dan was second last year after his owner and coach were initially hesitant in operating it. Two weeks Kentucky Derby To the virgin and changes in modern races sparked a discussion about this sport about the spacing of races.

The prominent owner Mike Ripol published on Tuesday on social media a proposal to transfer Belmont to the second place in the triple crown, four weeks after the Kentucky derby and the virgin slide again with the aim of maintaining more of the best horses concerned.

“Preakness is running two weeks after the Kentucky derby, on this day and the new era in the race, the lack of vision and leadership needed to develop this sport.” “I expect the first three places of Derby to exceed this year to overcome the virgin and go directly to Belmont.”

No decision was taken in the press in the second place, which was the preferred candidate in Derby, or third place in the thirteenth place in the fifteenth place of Prelakness, the latter in the Pimlico race before being stopped and rebuilt. The plan is the 2026 Preakness in Laurel Park between Baltimore and Washington while Pimlio is under construction.