Kentucky Derby leader Justify, sent off as a 1-2 favorite, won a Preakness Stakes on Saturday, using his dominant strain to 5 races and environment adult a ancestral shot during equine racing’s Triple Crown when he competes in a Belmont Stakes in 3 weeks. Justify will find to turn usually a second undefeated Triple Crown leader following Seattle Slew’s 1977 win.
Bravazo, who finished sixth in a Derby, done a competition of it late though came adult usually brief on a sloppy, fog-shrouded Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Tenfold, a longest shot in a margin during 25-1 nabbed third in a parsimonious finish.
Jusitfy, lerned by Bob Baffert and ridden by Mike Smith, paid $2.80 to win, Bavazo $7.80 to place and Tenfold $6.80 to show. The exacta paid $27.40 and a trifecta returned $148.30 for a $1 bet.
Justify will try to turn a propitious 13th equine to win a Triple Crown. Since all 3 races were inaugurated, 23 horses have won a initial dual legs of a Triple Crown though unsuccessful to win a Belmont. California Chrome was a final equine to tumble short, finishing fourth in a 2014 Belmont.
American Pharoah, also lerned by Baffert, pennyless a 37-year Triple Crown drought in 2015 when he swept a series. He became usually a 12th equine in story to win a Triple Crown.
The prior dual winners of a Derby, Always Dreaming in 2017 and Nyquist in 2016 both unsuccessful to win a Preakness.
After violence 19 challengers in a Kentucky Derby, usually 7 opponents lined adult to face Justify in a Preakness Stakes.
The Belmont Stakes, a third leg of a Triple Crown, will be run Saturday, Jun 9 during Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.
