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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 – after it was announced the colt will instead focus on the Belmont Stakes.
“We received a call today from trainer Bill Mott that Sovereignty will not be competing in the Preakness,” Mike Rogers, executive vice president of 1/ST, which operates the Preakness, said in a statement Tuesday.
“We extend our congratulations to the connections of Sovereignty and respect their…
