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BALTIMORE — <\/span>Journalism jostled with horses down the stretch, shrugged off the contact, burst through the lane and came from behind to win the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The odds-on favorite was bumped by Goal Oriented near the quarter pole, and it looked like another second-place finish was coming two weeks after being the runner-up to Sovereignty<\/a> in the Kentucky Derby. Journalism instead ran right by Gosger to give trainer Michael McCarthy his second win in a Triple Crown race.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of bouncing around there,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cWhen I saw that, I kind of resigned myself to the fact it was another fantastic effort and maybe come up a little bit short. But it just goes to show the testament that this horse has. Couldn\u2019t be prouder of him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gosger was second by a half-length. Sandman was third and Bob Baffert-trained Goal Oriented fourth. Journalism went 1 3\/16 miles in 1:55.37.<\/p>\n

Umberto Rispoli became the first jockey from Italy to win any of the Triple Crown races. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I crossed the wire, the first things that comes up to my mind, it\u2019s all of the 20 years of my career that pass in front of me,\u201d Rispoli said. \u201cI had to wait so long to be on a champion like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Journalism handled the adversity and thrived on a warm day that dried out the track after torrential rain fell at Pimlico Race Course for much of the past week. Those conditions suited him better than the slop at Churchill Downs in the Derby<\/p>\n

\u201cThis victory symbolizes so much about life,” co-owner Aaron Wellman said. \u201cIt took guts for Umberto Rispoli to power his way through a seemingly impossible hole getting side-swiped and threading the needle and powering on through. And it took guts from an incredible horse to somehow will his way to victory.\u201d<\/p>\n

Journalism paid $4 to win, $2.80 to place and $2.40 to show. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a remarkable horse,\u201d Baffert said of Journalism. \u201cI wanted to be on the lead and was behind horses. I knew (Goal Oriented) was intimidated. He\u2019s never run that way. He ran well, but he\u2019s still too green for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sovereignty did not take part after his owners and trainer Bill Mott decided to skip<\/a> the Preakness, citing the two-week turnaround, and aimed for the Belmont on June 7. That made this a fifth time in seven years that the Preakness, for various reasons, was contested without a Triple Crown bid at stake.<\/p>\n

But Journalism staked his claim for 3-year-old horse of the year by winning the $2 million American classic race run at the old Pimlico Race Course for the last time before it\u2019s torn down and rebuilt<\/a>. While work went on around him before the postrace news conference, Wellman asked, \u201cAre they already tearing this place down?\u201d<\/p>\n

Not yet, and not before Journalism could add a memorable chapter by squeezing through the space he had to win.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still can\u2019t realize what this horse did,\u201d Rispoli said. \u201cIt\u2019s all about him. It\u2019s a pleasure and privilege to ride a horse like him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Preakness is set to be held at nearby Laurel Park, between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., next year before a planned return to the new Pimlico in 2027. McCarthy raved about the history at the place known as \u201cOld Hilltop\u201d and still remembers where he was when Sunday Silence beat Easy Goer at the wire in 1989 in a fashion similar to how Journalism won this time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThings kind of come full circle,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cI\u2019m sad to see this place go, but we\u2019ll try to get back here next year, whichever locale it\u2019s at.\u201d<\/p>\n

Journalism is the first horse to win the Preakness after running in the Kentucky Derby since Mark Casse-trained War of Will in 2019. He is the first Derby runner-up to follow that up by winning the Preakness since Exaggerator in 2016.<\/p>\n

Only two others from the 19 in the Derby participated in the Preakness: Casse\u2019s Sandman and fellow Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas\u2019 American Promise, who did not have the same positive response as Journalism.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best horse won,\u201d Lukas said. \u201cHe finished beautifully.”<\/p>\n

Lukas, the 89-year-old who has saddled the most horses in Preakness history, referred to McCarthy once this week as \u201cthe new guy.\u201d This was just McCarthy\u2019s second, and he\u2019s 2 for 2 after Rombauer sprung the upset as an 11-1 long shot in 2021. <\/p>\n

This one was more emotional, with McCarthy and his wife still displaced from their home by the Southern California wildfires.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll get back there,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cEverybody will get back there. We\u2019ll rebuild. This is for Altadena.\u201d<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP horse racing: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/horse-racing<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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