Trainer Michael McCarthy said that colt continues to show all of the positive markers he looks for. Even as they move further away from the Preakness, the indicators McCarthy needs to see remain the same.

After watching Journalism barge through a hole in the Preakness, I called a Little Rock man with whom I have watched a few hundred horse races for his opinion.

GI Preakness Stakes winner Journalism (Curlin) departed the Pimlico backstretch Monday morning on a van bound for Saratoga, where he will train towards a possible appearance in the third and final leg of the Triple Crown,

On Saturday, like most racing fans, Cox watched the stretch run unfold at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore and could not process what he saw. In the final turn, jockey Umberto Rispoli knifed Pimlico favorite Journalism through a gap too narrow for a Chihuahua to fit — Goal Oriented to his right, Clever Again to his left, trouble in every direction.

Journalism has won the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes. The heavy favorite made good on lofty expectations two weeks after finishing second to Sovereignty in the Kentucky Derby.

Beaten in the Kentucky Derby, Curlin colt overcomes trouble at top of the stretch to win 150th running of Triple Crown's middle jewel at historic Pimlico Race Course