Preakness

[preek-nis]

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a horse race for three-year-olds run annually two weeks after the Kentucky Derby at Pimlico in Baltimore, Md.: the second race in the Triple Crown.

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Sovereignty’s three-length win leaves a lot of people asking “what if” Sovereignty had run in the second leg of the Triple Crown, the Preakness, and won.

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It’s why there was such consternation when trainer Bill Mott and owner Godolphin, decided to skip the Preakness Stakes.

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“There was a lot of bouncing around there,” said winning trainer Michael McCarthy, who won his second Preakness in two tries.

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For the third time in seven years, the winner of the Kentucky Derby is not running in the Preakness Stakes.

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So, he was asked why he was bringing Goal Oriented, an undefeated two-time starter who has never run in a stakes race, to the Preakness.

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�� is the Preakness?

The Preakness is an annual horse race at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It’s officially called the Preakness Stakes.It is the second race in the three-race that also includes the races known as the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes. Winning all three races in a single year is known as winning the Triple Crown.The Preakness is limited to 14 three-year-old horses and is run on a dirt track that is 1 3/16 miles long.

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