(WKYT) – For the second straight year, the Kentucky Derby champion will skip the second leg of racing’s Triple Crown.
Trainer Cherie DeVaux announced this week that Derby winner Golden Tempo will bypass the Preakness Stakes. 2025 Kentucky Derby champ Sovereignty skipped the Preakness, as well.
Potente, who finished 12th in Louisville, was the last possible starter from the Derby that could have entered the Preakness, but his trainer, Bob Baffert, pulled the horse from consideration. Baffert could possibly start Crude Velocity, instead.
None of the 18 horses who ran in last weekend’s Kentucky Derby have entered the Preakness.
The Preakness will be run on May 16 at Laurel Park.