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Umberto Rispoli, atop Journalism, left, edges out Luis Saez, atop Gosger, to win the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes horse race Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Journalism comes from behind to win Preakness two weeks after finishing second in Kentucky Derby

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Preakness Stakes entrant River Thames works out at Pimlico Race Course, Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Another Kentucky Derby winner not in the Preakness reignites debate about Triple Crown changes

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Secretariat, right, leads the field coming out of the final turn as he heads for the finish line to win the 98th Preakness Stakes Saturday, May 19, 1973, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. (AP Photo/File)

One last Preakness at old Pimlico before the wrecking ball arrives

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Kentucky Derby entrant Burnham Square works out at Churchill Downs Monday, April 28, 2025, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Trainer Ian Wilkes seeks first Kentucky Derby win on his own with Burnham Square

By Gary B. Graves - Associated Press

A race horse works out at Churchill Downs Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Big hearts, immense lungs and powerful legs make a Kentucky Derby champion

By Laura Ungar and Christina Larson - Associated Press

A race horse works out at Churchill Downs Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

What makes a Kentucky Derby champion? Big hearts, immense lungs and powerful legs

By Laura Ungar and Christina Larson - Associated Press

Jaime Torres, atop Seize The Grey, crosses the finish line to win the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Seize the Grey wins Preakness Stakes for Lukas, ends Mystik Dan’s Triple Crown bid

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Brian Hernandez Jr. rides Mystik Dan across the finish line to win the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan settles in at Pimlico ahead of the Preakness

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Justify (1), with jockey Mike Smith up, crosses the finish line to win the 150th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race, Saturday, June 9, 2018, in Elmont, N.Y. Triple Crown winner Justify, 2017 Horse of the Year Gun Runner and jockey Joel Rosario have been elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

The Kentucky Derby in the words of the winners, from Smith to Espinoza

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Warren C. Mehrtens, left, winner of horse racing's Triple Crown with Assault in 1946, hugs jockey Ron Turcotte in the Belmont Park jockey room after Turcotte and Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes and the 1973 Triple Crown, June 9, 1973. (AP Photo/John Rooney) **FILE**

Secretariat’s jockey Ron Turcotte remembers Triple Crown winner who ‘could fly’ on 50th anniversary

By Beth Harris - Associated Press