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'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.

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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Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty will not run in the Preakness Stakes, officials announced Tuesday, meaning there won't be a Triple Crown champion for a seventh consecutive year. “We received a ...

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 ...

The Santa Anita Derby and Preakness winner races for the first time since he finished second to Sovereignty in the Belmont.

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 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 ...

SUBSCRIBER ONLY What Sovereignty’s Preakness opt-out says about the Triple Crown Changes to the horse racing series are worth considering, though not for the reason you might expect ...