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BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - MAY 17: Jockey Umberto Rispoli crosses the finish line on Journalism #2 to win the 150th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 17, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - MAY 17: Jockey Umberto Rispoli crosses the finish line on Journalism #2 to win the 150th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 17, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Journalism won the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, coming from behind down the stretch make good on the lofty expectations of being the favorite in the middle leg of the Triple Crown two weeks after finishing second to Sovereignty in the Kentucky Derby.

Finishing first in a field of nine horses that did not include Sovereignty but featured some of the best competition in the country, Journalism gave trainer Michael McCarthy his second Preakness victory. It is Umberto Rispoli’s first in a Triple Crown race, and he is the first jockey from Italy to win one of them.

Gosger was second, Sandman third and Goal Oriented fourth.

Journalism thrived on a warm day that dried out the track after torrential rain fell at Pimlico Race Course for much of the past week. Those conditions suited him better than the slop at Churchill Downs in the Derby.

Sovereignty did not take part after his owners and trainer Bill Mott decided to skip the Preakness, citing the two-week turnaround, and aim for the Belmont on June 7. That made this a fifth time in seven years that the Preakness, for various reasons, was contested without a Triple Crown bid at stake.

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