Journalism won the 150th Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md. Journalism, the Kentucky Derby runner-up, was the favorite to win.
Saturday’s race, the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, was not run by this year’s Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty, as trainer Bill Mott opted not run Sovereignty in order to prepare for the Belmont stakes.
Only three horses from the field at Churchill Downs raced Saturday: Journalism (6-5), American Promise (10-1) and Sandman (5-1).
D. Wayne Lukas trains American Promise and was seeking his record-tying eighth Preakness win. Lukas trained last year’s winner Seize The Grey. The 89-year-old’s horses have also won in 1980, 1985, 1994, 1995, 1999 and 2013.
Already the Preakness Stakes’ winningest trainer, Bob Baffert was vying for his record breaking ninth Preakness win with Goal Oriented. Baffert’s horses have claimed victory in 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2015, 2018 and most recently 2023.
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