Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Sovereignty
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Sovereignty won’t attempt to reign over the Triple Crown. In what is a sign of the times and a new, modern approach to horse racing, the 2025 Kentucky Derby winner is skipping the Preakness Stakes, instead focusing on the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga next month.
For the seventh year in a row, there will not be a Triple Crown winner. Just days after winning the 151st Kentucky Derby, Sovereignty's trainer, Bill Mott, announced that the horse will skip the ...
Justify was the last Triple Crown winner, completing the rare feat for trainer Bob Baffert in 2018. American Pharoah became the first colt to capture the Triple Crown in 37 years when he won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes for Baffert in 2015.
There will be no Triple Crown in 2025 as Kentucky Derby-winner Sovereignty is skipping the Preakness Stakes.Mike Rogers, executive vice president of 1/ST, released a statement, Tuesday afternoon ...