Napoleon Solo wins 151st Preakness Stakes

Napoleon Solo took dwelling the 2026 Preakness Stakes on Saturday, the 151st operating of the race.

The favourite in Taj Mahal, the 1 horse, was within the lead from the beginning till the ultimate flip till Napoleon Solo made his transfer on the surface and took the lead on the high of the stretch. As Taj Mahal fell off, Iron Honor, the 9 horse, snuck up, however the effort in the end was not sufficient. 

Napoleon Solo opened at 8-1 and closed at 7-1. Iron Honor, at 8-1, completed second, with Chip Honcho fishing third after closing at 11-1. Ocelli, considered one of simply three horses to run each the Kentucky Derby two weeks in the past and Saturday’s Preakness, completed fourth at 8-1.

A $1 exacta paid out $53.60, whereas a $1 trifecta introduced in $597.10. However somebody out there’s very fortunate, as a $1 superhighfive – selecting the top-five finishers so as – paid out $12,015.70.

Even moreso, a 20-cent Decide 6 – selecting the winners of the six consecutive races, with the ultimate being the Preakness, paid out $33,842.34.

The race was run with out the Kentucky Derby winner for the second 12 months in a row. After Sovereignty didn’t run the Preakness final 12 months – and wound up profitable the Belmont Stakes – the coaching group of Golden Tempo opted to skip the Maryland race.

From 1960 to 2018, solely three Derby winners didn’t run within the Preakness. Three Derby winners have skipped the Preakness within the final 5 years, and for the sixth time in eight years, for numerous causes, the Triple Crown had already been not possible to perform by the point the Preakness even rolled round.

“I perceive that followers of the game or followers of the Triple Crown are disillusioned, however the horse is just not a machine,” Golden Tempo’s coach, Cherie DeVaux, informed Fox Information Digital earlier this week.

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Solely three horses from two weeks in the past – Ocelli, Robusta, and Incredibolt, had been again on the Preakness. Corona de Oro, the 11 horse on Saturday, was scratched properly forward of the Derby, and Nice White, who reared up and fell on his again after changing into startled shortly earlier than getting into the Derby gate, took the 13 put up on Saturday.

The Preakness went off roughly 24 hours after a horse died following the completion of his very first race.

Hit Zero, skilled by Brittany Russell, got here into the race as the favourite. Nonetheless, he completed final within the race, which was received by one other considered one of Russell’s horses, Daring Reality — and upon crossing the end line, Hit Zero reportedly started coughing, dropped to his knees, then put his head down and died.

The Preakness passed off at Laurel Park as Pimlico undergoes renovations. It was the primary time ever that Pimlico didn’t host the race, transferring roughly 20 miles south.

The Belmont Stakes, the ultimate Triple Crown race, will happen on June 6. The race will return to Saratoga for a 3rd 12 months in a row as Belmont Park continues to be renovated.

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