AP Spotlight THOROUGHBRED RACING | COMMENTARY Sovereignty skipping the Preakness is another reason to change the Triple Crown John Clay Lexington Herald-Leader May 9, 2025 May 9, 2025 Updated Aug 12, 2025 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LEXINGTON, Ky. — It was certainly no surprise when news broke that Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty would not run in the Preakness Stakes.kAmp?J@?6 2C@F?5 q:== |@EE’D 32C? 2E r9FC49:== s@H?D E96 52J 27E6C $@G6C6:8?EJ 362E E96 72G@C:E6 y@FC?2=:D> 8@E E96 G:36 E92E E96 v@5@=A9:? 4@??64E:@?D 925 >@C6 :?E6C6DE :? E96 yF?6 f q6=>@?E $E2<6D :? }6H *@C< DE2E6 E92? E96 D64@?5 =68 @7 E96 %C:A=6 rC@H?[ |2J `f 2E !:>=:4@ :? q2=E:>@C6]k^AmkAm“%92E >2<6D :E G6CJ :?E6C6DE:?8 E@ >6[” D2:5 |@EE E96? @7 E96 q6=>@?E’D >:=6\2?5\2\BF2CE6C 5:DE2?46 2E $2C2E@82[ C2E96C E92? 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Other Kentucky Derby winner sitting out Preakness highlights philosophical horse racing changes STEPHEN WHYN AP Sports Writer
Other Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty won't run in the Preakness, dashing Triple Crown possibility STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer
Golf waited 25 years for the latest career Grand Slam. How long will the next one take? Now that Rory McIlroy completed the career Grand Slam with his Masters victory, the question becomes who might be next.
