As far as the possibility of a tantalizing rematch between Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Sovereignty and Preakness Stakes (G1) victor Journalism goes, no news, for a while, will be good news.

Mott told Preakness officials the plan will be to enter Sovereignty in the Belmont Stakes, the third jewel of the Triple Crown, on June 7 at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York. Mott on ...

Journalism, the beaten favorite in the Kentucky Derby, is the morning line favorite again in the Preakness. He outran 17 of his 18 rivals in the Derby, only finishing behind Sovereignty. On Saturday Journalism will face a field that is much smaller (eight horses) and full of question marks.

After Sovereignty held off favorite Journalism down the muddy final stretch of the 151st Kentucky Derby last weekend, all eyes in the horse racing world now turn to the 2025 Preakness Stakes, “the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown,” coming up on Armed ...

Sovereignty is the second horse in the past four years to win the Kentucky Derby, but skip the Preakness Stakes. Rich Strike did the same thing after winning the 2022 Kentucky Derby. Rich Strike finished sixth out of eight horses in the Belmont Stakes.