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Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Journalism opens as the Belmont favorite. Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty is the 2nd choice
Sovereignty, ridden by Junior Alvarado, left, crosses the finish line to win the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr) FILE - Sovereignty, ridden by Junior Alvarado, heads to the finish line to win the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File) Umberto Rispoli, left, atop Journalism, and Luis Saez, atop Gosger, race to the finish line during the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes horse race Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Umberto Rispoli, atop Journalism, participates in the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes horse race Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) Umberto Rispoli, atop Journalism, participates in the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes horse race Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) Sovereignty, ridden by Junior Alvarado, left, crosses the finish line to win the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr) FILE - Sovereignty, ridden by Junior Alvarado, heads to the finish line to win the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File) Umberto Rispoli, left, atop Journalism, and Luis Saez, atop Gosger, race to the finish line during the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes horse race Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Umberto Rispoli, atop Journalism, participates in the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes horse race Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Kentucky Derby runner-up and Preakness winner Journalism opened as the 8-5 favorite in the Belmont Stakes when post positions were drawn Monday for the final leg of the Triple Crown. Derby winner Sovereignty was set as the second choice on the morning line at odds of 2-1 and drew the No. 2 post. Journalism, near the outside with the No. 7 post, is the only horse running in all three Triple Crown races. Advertisement 'He's been kind of the same horse since July of last summer,' trainer Michael McCarthy said. 'He does everything you'd ask a good horse to do: He eats well, trains well, acts well. I thought through the last six, seven weeks here, his energy's been the same throughout.' Sovereignty is back after owners and trainer Bill Mott opted to skip the Preakness and run the Belmont on five weeks of rest, and things have gone swimmingly since he arrived at historic Saratoga Race Couse. 'We've been very lucky with everything that's gone on sine he's been here,' Mott said. 'He's been moving well over the track.' Sovereignty and Journalism in the field set up this Belmont, the second at Saratoga while renovations are made to its usual home on Long Island, to be a rematch between the first two Triple Crown winners who were also first and second the Derby. Advertisement 'He's improved, as I think as many of these horses have,' Mott said of Sovereignty. 'I think this entire group, if you look at their form and the way they've developed over the course of this year, I think they've made steady progress and it should be an interesting race." No. 6 Baeza, who finished third in Kentucky on the first Saturday in May, opened at 4-1. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert's Rodriguez, who was scratched from the Derby because of a minor foot bruise and held out of the Preakness, was next at 6-1 and will leave the starting gate from the No. 3 post. The field of eight horses also includes No. 8 Heart of Honor, tied for the longest shot on the board at 30-1 after finishing fifth in the Preakness. New to the Triple Crown trail are No. 1 Hill Road (10-1), No. 5 Crudo (15-1) and No. 4 Uncaged (30-1). Journalism, who was favorited in the Derby and the Preakness and at the moment is the top 3-year-old in the country, looks like the horse to beat. Advertisement 'Saratoga is very good for horses,' McCarthy said. 'He seems a little bit re-energized up here. We're looking for a wonderful renewal of the Belmont here on Saturday.' ___ AP horse racing:
Fox Sports
4 days ago
- Sport
- Fox Sports
2025 Belmont Stakes odds, predictions: Favorites, picks
The Belmont Stakes, the oldest race in the Triple Crown series, is known as the "Test of the Champion." It's the last leg in the series, and for the second year in a row, the race will be held at Saratoga Race Course, as Belmont Park undergoes renovations. The first two legs of horse racing's famed Triple Crown are the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes. With those two in the books, bettors are looking ahead to the 157th running at Belmont, which airs on FOX on Saturday, June 7. Sovereignty and jockey Junior Alvarado won the first leg of the Crown by capturing the 151st Kentucky Derby on May 3. Two weeks later, Journalism and jockey Umberto Rispoli claimed the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes. So who will take the esteemed third leg of the Crown? Let's dive into the early odds, race information, field and more as of May 30. 2024 Belmont Stakes date: Saturday, June 7 Location: Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, NY Post time, TV: 6:41 p.m. ET, FOX Belmont Stakes early odds: Sovereignty: +160 (bet $10 to win $26 total)Journalism: +180 (bet $10 to win $28 total)Baeza: +350 (bet $10 to win $45 total)Rodriguez: +600 (bet $10 to win $70 total)Hill Road: +1000 (bet $10 to win $110 total) Heart of Honor: +2000 (bet $10 to win $210 total) Dornoch won the 156th edition of the Belmont Stakes in 2024, closing as a 17-1 long shot and finishing with a time of 2:01.64. The post-position draw for this year's race is scheduled for Monday, June 2. Keep checking back for updated odds, picks and predictions on the entire field. Get more from Horse Racing Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more in this topic
Daily Mirror
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
‘Look at the elbows!' Jockeys tangle as Journalism fights back to win Preakness
Kentucky Derby runner-up Journalism showed incredible bravery to force his way out of trouble and recover lost ground to win the second leg of the US Triple Crown Two rival jockeys engaged in an incredible elbowing match as they fought out the climax to a dramatic second leg of the US Triple Crown on Saturday night. Journalism, runner-up when favourite for the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago, was on a recovery mission in the £1.5 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico racecourse in Baltimore. With Churchill Downs conqueror Sovereignty not in the line up he was hot favourite to get the job done under his Italian jockey Umberto Rispoli. But he was met with a seemingly insurmountable problem when he exited the final bend with five horses in front of him. Instead of going around the field, Rispoli opted to stick on the inside by the rail, but that option appeared to leave him with little room to manoeuvre out and produce his challenge in the straight. Although he initially made ground, rival Flavien Prat was determined to keep him in a pocket, then leaned in on Rispoli, but the Italian held his ground and Journalism forced his way between horses. By the time they got into daylight, they found Gosger had kicked five lengths clear, yet Journalism produced a devastating finishing burst to make up the ground and win by half a length. After a brief stewards inquiry, the result was confirmed. The dramatic incident was analysed by NBC Sports experts Jerry Bailey and Randy Moss. Describing the key moments, Bailey said: 'There are two really important decisions by Umberto Rispoli, first to stay on the rail. 'He has an opportunity right now to go around those horses. He chooses not to take it which puts him in position, not only to save ground, but to get through between. If he goes around, I don't know if he wins. So he runs up inside Goal Oriented right here. 'Flavien Prat on Goal Oriented starts to lay in a little bit on him here. Umberto is having none of it. He's going to hold his ground. They're getting close to Clever Again. Now the elbowing starts and it is a tight hole.' 'Look at the elbows,' Moss said. 'First it was Flavien with the elbow and then Umberto gave as good as he got and then you saw this part of it where Goal Oriented really came over on Journalism, and poor Clever Again down on the rail didn't know what to make of this. What bravery!' The winning jockey said: 'I still can't realise what this horse did today, I got in trouble at the quarter pole and he made himself go again. It's all about him – it's a pleasure to ride a horse like him. I was in a tough spot (at the top of the straight) but it's unbelievable.' British runner Heart Of Honor, trained by Jamie Osborne and ridden by daughter Saffie, finished fifth after a slow start. The trainer said: 'It wasn't looking great halfway. He was sluggish out of the gate again, got a fair amount of sand in his face, looked like it could have been a disaster halfway down the back. 'But God, he's tough, he's resolute. He stayed on great to the line, he passed all but four. Shame the Belmont is not a mile-and-a-half.'
Forbes
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Forbes
Preakness 2025 Results: Journalism Wins, Gosger Places, Sandman Shows
Journalism, with Umberto Rispoli up, wins the 150th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, May 17, 2025, in Baltimore. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) TNS Running back from the Kentucky Derby after a swift two weeks off, Journalism brightly and with dispatch showed his steel by running down the presumed winner, 15/1 longshot Gosger, in the last sixteenth of a mile of the $2-million 150th Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico. Going off at even money, Journalism overtook Gosger to win by a half-length, clocking in at 1:55.47 on a dry track. He paid an expectedly low $4.00. Arguably proving that he's the toughest colt in the Triple Crown Class of 2025, Journalism did not come by the win lightly. Pimlico's surface was a vast improvement on that of waterlogged Churchill two weeks ago, and the traffic was, on paper anyway, lighter by more than half, but the problems Journalism had to untangle at race speed were greater than those he managed to solve in his place showing at Churchill. Journalism broke well enough from his inside post, and jockey Umberto Rispoli settled him inside and back in the peloton, floating in and out of sixth in the nine-horse field, at times as much as five lengths off the lead. That settling sort-of seesaw did manage to save ground out of the first turn, up the backside and into the far turn, a fact later cited and praised by trainer Michael McCarthy as contributing directly to the win. It didn't initially look like the winning strategy in the doing. Because: It was axiomatic that, coming up inside out of the grandstand turn and onto the stretch, Journalism would get boxed in. It was Bob Baffert's horse Goal Oriented, with Flavien Prat up, and the early speed Clever Again, with precious little daylight between them, whom Journalism found he must get past at the top of the stretch. Ruspoli thought he spied a shard of an opening and tried to thread the needle, brushing Goal Oriented to the outside, causing him to have to turn his neck back in to save his balance. It was a dangerous moment, but all recovered their strides and it was over in a flash, which left Journalism down a few lengths but facing his real challenge, namely, running down the seemingly untouchable Gosger, blithely cruising to his win, five huge lengths ahead. In the final eighth of a mile, it was Gosger's Preakness, until it suddenly wasn't. It's hard to say how Journalism found his spectacularly explosive run within hims:s unleashing it, it was clear that he was bent on snatching the race from Gosger, or coming darn close. The simplicity of the run was grand and deep. Despite all he had faced in the previous minute-and-forty-five, he kept pouring it out, and when the wire arrived he had taken his prize. For his part, the well-spoken trainer McCarthy was well aware that the mile-and-three-sixteenths Preakness, technically the little brother of the Triple Crown, had nevertheless been an odyssey for his athlete. 'This kind of horse is a gift from above,' the trainer said.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Journalism claims dramatic win in 150th Preakness
Journalism recovered from a bump and came with a late surge to win the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico. The evens favourite, ridden by Umberto Rispoli, made up five lengths in the final furlong to land the middle leg of the US Triple Crown on the final race day before the 155-year-old venue is demolished and rebuilt. Journalism, a runner-up in the Kentucky Derby two weeks earlier for trainer Michael McCarthy, denied Gosger on the line, with Sandman in third. The victor's path had earlier been blocked as Goal Oriented edged towards the rails and he was sandwiched between that horse and Clever Again on the inside. "I don't know if people realise what this horse did today, I got in trouble at the quarter pole and he made himself go again. I was in a tough spot but it's unbelievable," said Rispoli. McCarthy said: "There was a lot of bouncing around there. "I guess when I saw that I kind of resigned myself to the fact it was another fantastic effort and we'd maybe come up a little bit short, but it's testament to this horse. I couldn't be prouder of him." Journalism had finished second in the Kentucky Derby to Sovereignty, who missed the Preakness as it was felt the race came too soon for him. Heart Of Honor, ridden by British jockey Saffie Osborne for her trainer father Jamie, finished fifth. It's one of the most rowdy US sporting events. Here's what Preakness says about the economy Lead Artist wins Newbury thriller for Murphy Rebel's Romance wins Yorkshire Cup by a head Latest horse racing results
