The sovereignty coach, Bill Mott
The number of Triple Crown horses It will remain at 13 at the moment, as the sovereignty of the Kentucky Kentucky Derby Champion will not go to the next Pre -Rakness stakes later this month.
Sovereignty maintained Derby’s favorite journalism in the first stage From the Triple Crown on Saturday, winning a $ 3.1 million prize for victory in a career he saw The Olympic champion Simone Biles makes the famous call of “Riders up!”
At 9-2 Probability of the DerbyThe sovereignty was between the first three years that entered the triple crown season, finishing the first and second in its two previous races at Gulfstream Park a Moldy To open the year under the orientation of the coach of a long time ago, Bill Mott.
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But Mott will not have the opportunity to add a triple crown victory to its long resume after reporting the pre -Rakness that his horse will not compete in Baltimore’s career.
Pre -Rakness Executive Vice President Mike Rogers published a statement on Tuesday saying that Mott made the decision to make his horse from the field.
“Today we received a call from coach Bill Mott that sovereignty will not compete in the pre -PREPA. Bill informed us that they would point to Belmont’s stakes,” the statement is called.
“We extend our congratulations to the connections of sovereignty and respect its decision. We continue to see the building of emotion towards the celebration of the milestone of the 150th Participation of Pre -Akness, and we look forward to an incredible weekend of world class races and entertainment.”
There have been 13 Triple Crown winners dating to 1919, the most recent was justified in 2018. The 2015 American Pharoah victory in Belmont’s stakes ended with a 37 -year -old drought for Triple Crown winners.
Kentucky Derby’s winners jumping pre -Rakness has become more common in recent years with the absence of Sobiranny to become fourth place of this type since 2019.
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2022 derby winner Rich Strike was the most recent to not go to the crown.
Rich Strike was a crash that year in Churchill Downs, from the back of the field to win despite the odds of 80-1.
Mandaloun was awarded the first place retroactively in February 2022 for the 2021 derby after the original winner, Medina Spirit, failed a drug test.
Mandaloun did not run any of the final two legs of the Triple Crown.
The winner of the Kentucky Derby, the field field field of the Pre -Rakness, after his coach detected a virus.