There will be no Triple Crown winner in horse racing this year. Sovereignty, the three-year-old thoroughbred who won the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, will not race in the Preakness Stakes – the second leg of the three races that make up the Triple Crown.

Competing for your sport's highest achievement shouldn't be a question, but for horse racing's Triple Crown, it's not that simple.

Just a few days after winning the Kentucky Derby, Sovereignty was ruled out of running in the Preakness Stakes.

Sovereignty will skip the second leg of the Triple Crown. He's the first Kentucky Derby winner to skip the Preakness Stakes since Rich Strike in 2022.

Sovereignty won the Kentucky Derby by 1 1/2 lengths over Journalism The Preakness, the second leg of the Triple Crown, is set for May 17 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore “We want to do what ...

We extend our congratulations to the connections of Sovereignty and respect their decision,” Rogers said in a statement. The sport has not had a Triple Crown winner since Jus

Not every trainer is convinced bypassing the Preakness is the prudent path to follow with a top 3-year-old colt.

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

Sovereignty won’t attempt to reign over the Triple Crown. In what is a sign of the times and a new, modern approach to horse racing, the 2025 Kentucky Derby winner is skipping the Preakness Stakes, instead focusing on the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga next month.