Overview

• Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty will not compete in the Preakness Stakes, ruling out the possibility of a Triple Crown winner this year.
• Journalism, the second-place finisher in the Derby, is the 8-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday's race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
• The field includes Derby returnees Sandman and American Promise, alongside prominent Derby-skippers like Clever Again and Goal Oriented.
• Bob Baffert, with a record eight Preakness wins, enters Goal Oriented, while D. Wayne Lukas, a seven-time winner, fields American Promise.
• The winner of the Preakness is expected to head to the Belmont Stakes, potentially setting up a showdown with Sovereignty in June.