Kentucky Derby winner, Sovereignty, will not participate in the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown.

Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty will not compete in the 150th Preakness Stakes on May 17. Because of this decision, there will be no Triple Crown winner this year, but Sovereignty will prepare to run the Belmont Stakes in June.

The Kentucky Derby runner-up draws the No. 2 post position in a field of nine. No. 7 Sandman is the 4-1 second choice in a race that will not include Derby winner Sovereignty.

Although early favorites, including Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty and the Bob Baffert-trained Rodriguez, have withdrawn from the race, a strong group of contenders remains. Baffert is still aiming for his ninth Preakness victory with a horse named Goal Oriented, who has drawn post position No. 1.

The Kentucky Derby betting favorite on May 3 is the morning-line favorite for the Preakness Stakes on Saturday. But the colt that won the Kentucky Derby isn’t at the Preakness Stakes.

After a scary 2011 accident left him with 24 broken bones and led to five weeks in a coma, jockey Raul Mena will race in the 2025 Preakness.

Journalism, que perdió ante Sovereignty en el tramo final en el lodo del Derby de Kentucky, es el favorito para ganar la 150ma

Though he's only had two career starts, Not This Time colt's Kentucky Derby day allowance race victory earned a highe Speed Figure than Derby winner Sovereignty.