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05/06 14:37 CDT Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo is not running in the
Preakness
Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo is not running in the Preakness
By STEPHEN WHYNO
AP Sports Writer
Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo will not run in the Preakness Stakes next
weekend, trainer Cherie DeVaux announced Wednesday.
DeVaux and owners decided to skip the Preakness and set their sights on the
Belmont Stakes on June 6 at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York. DeVaux,
who became the first woman to train a Derby winner, is from Saratoga Springs,
which is hosting the Belmont for a third and final time this year.
Golden Tempo is the third Derby winner in the past five years not to be entered
in the Preakness. For various reasons, it is the sixth time in eight years the
Preakness will happen with no chance of a Triple Crown on the line. American
Pharoah in 2015 and Justify in 2018 are the only horses to sweep all three
races over the past four decades.
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