AP Spotlight THOROUGHBRED RACING | COMMENTARY Sovereignty skipping the Preakness is another reason to change the Triple Crown John Clay Lexington Herald-Leader May 9, 2025 May 9, 2025 Updated Aug 12, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LEXINGTON, Ky. — It was certainly no surprise when news broke that Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty would not run in the Preakness Stakes.kAmp?J@?6 2C@F?5 q:== |@EE’D 32C? 2E r9FC49:== s@H?D E96 52J 27E6C $@G6C6:8?EJ 362E E96 72G@C:E6 y@FC?2=:D> 8@E E96 G:36 E92E E96 v@5@=A9:? 4@??64E:@?D 925 >@C6 :?E6C6DE :? E96 yF?6 f q6=>@?E $E2<6D :? }6H *@C< DE2E6 E92? E96 D64@?5 =68 @7 E96 %C:A=6 rC@H?[ |2J `f 2E !:>=:4@ :? q2=E:>@C6]k^AmkAm“%92E >2<6D :E G6CJ :?E6C6DE:?8 E@ >6[” D2:5 |@EE E96? @7 E96 q6=>@?E’D >:=6\2?5\2\BF2CE6C 5:DE2?46 2E $2C2E@82[ C2E96C E92? 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