Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo is not going to run within the Preakness Stakes subsequent weekend, coach Cherie DeVaux introduced Wednesday.
DeVaux and homeowners determined to skip the Preakness and set their sights on the Belmont Stakes on June 6 at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York. DeVaux, who grew to become the primary girl to coach a Derby winner, is from Saratoga Springs, which is internet hosting the Belmont for a 3rd and last time this 12 months.
“We’re extremely appreciative of the joy and assist surrounding the potential of a Triple Crown run,” DeVaux mentioned in an announcement. “Golden gave us the race of a lifetime within the Kentucky Derby, and we consider the very best resolution for him transferring ahead is to offer him somewhat extra time following such an amazing effort. His well being, happiness and long-term future will all the time stay our prime precedence.”
Golden Tempo is the third Derby winner prior to now 5 years to not be entered within the Preakness. For varied causes, it’s the sixth time in eight years the Preakness will occur with no likelihood of a Triple Crown on the road. American Pharoah in 2015 and Justify in 2018 are the one horses to comb all three races over the previous 4 a long time.
The 2-week turnaround from the Derby to the Preakness, which was once commonplace, is taken into account a nonstarter for a lot of trainers and homeowners given that almost all elite thoroughbreds now sometimes go a month or extra between races. It has precipitated infinite debate in horse racing circles concerning the spacing of the Triple Crown in trendy instances.
Maryland racing officers are contemplating transferring the Preakness again from the third Saturday in Could to the fourth to extend the probabilities of not simply the winner however different horses from the Derby being thought-about for the second leg of the Triple Crown. Not one of the 18 who ran this 12 months at Churchill Downs are heading to the Preakness, with Golden Tempo the one one thought-about.
The Preakness is going down at Laurel Park between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., this spring whereas its longtime dwelling, Pimlico Race Course, is rebuilt as a part of a large building undertaking that included demolishing the debilitating previous construction. Pimlico is ready to turn into the positioning for year-round racing in Maryland starting subsequent 12 months when the state takes management from 1/ST Racing, with Laurel turning into a coaching venue.
Golden Tempo gained the Kentucky Derby as a 23-1 lengthy shot in spectacular trend, making a cost from the again of the pack down the stretch to the end line a neck forward of morning line favourite Renegade. DeVaux and co-owner Daisy Phipps Pulito mentioned they’d see how the colt got here out of the race earlier than making any selections.
They adopted the lead of coach Invoice Mott and Godolphin Racing, which final 12 months selected to bypass the Preakness with Derby champion Sovereignty to offer him additional relaxation for the Belmont. Sovereignty rewarded them by profitable the Belmont and the Travers Stakes and is again racing as a 4-year-old.
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