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Rombauer romped to an 11-1 upset victory in the Preakness on Saturday, denying Bob Baffert-trained Kentucky Derby winner Medina Sprint.

increase font size Rombauer upsets field to win Preakness Stakes Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit runs out of gas after leading most of the race and finishes third. By STEPHEN WHYNOAssociated Press Share Flavien Prat atop Rombauer, right, breaks away from Irad Ortiz Jr. atop Midnight Bourbon moments before crossing the finish line to win the Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Julio Cortez/Associated Press BALTIMORE — Rombauer left Medina Spirit behind –...

Updated: 9:21 PM EDT May 15, 2021 Rombauer romped to an 11-1 upset victory in the Preakness on Saturday, denying Bob Baffert-trained Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit the chance at a Triple Crown that would have come with a giant asterisk.Medina Spirit finished third in the 1 3/16-mile race and was passed for the first time in his career after going off as the 2-1 favorite. All eyes were on Medina Spirit after he failed a post-Derby drug test for the presence of the steroid betameth...

Julio Cortez/Associated Press When Medina Spirit won the Kentucky Derby earlier this month, it initially felt like a feel-good story. Rombauer, with a late surge, became a similar story in Saturdays Preakness Stakes.  The Michael McCarthy-trained horse closed as an 11-1 long shot. Medina Spirits victory was quickly tainted when Medina Spirit tested positive for the steroid betamethasone. The horse was cleared to race in the Preakness, but still carried an aura of controversy. "If Medina Spirit...

Published May 15, 2021 • Updated 2 hours ago Julio Cortez/AP Photo Rombauer romped to an 11-1 upset victory in the Preakness on Saturday, denying Bob Baffert-trained Kentucky Derby winner Medina Sprint the chance at a Triple Crown that would have come with a giant asterisk. Medina Spirit finished third in the 1 3/16-mile race and was passed for the first time in his career after going off as the 2-1 favorite. All eyes were on Medina Spirit after he failed a post-Derby drug test for the pr...

Instead, he fell flat. Concert Tour finished an inexplicable ninth in the 10-horse field, ahead of only D. Wayne Lukas’ long shot, Ram. A horse who once looked like Baffert’s best 3-year-old this year was never in contention in the second leg of the Triple Crown. “I am at a loss for words,” said jockey Mike Smith, who rode Midnight Bourbon in the Kentucky Derby and switched to Concert Tour for the Preakness. “He didn’t seem to participate at all down the backside. He just wasn’t g...

Rombauer Upsets 146th Preakness With Powerful Stretch Run Sponsored by: Rombauer and Flavien Prat win the 146th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Trainer Michael McCarthy made his first start in a Triple Crown race a big one at Pimlico race course in Baltimore, Md., winning Saturdays 146th running of the Grade 1, $1-million Preakness Stakes with John and Diane Fradkins homebred Twirling Candy colt Rombauer. Ridden to perfection by Flavien Prat, Rombauer came from off the pace...

Rombauer romped to an 11-1 upset victory in the Preakness on Saturday, denying Bob Baffert-trained Kentucky Derby winner Medina Sprint the chance at a Triple Crown that would have come with a giant asterisk.

Rombauer pulls Preakness upset, Bafferts Medina Spirit 3rd Follow Us Question of the Day Flavien Prat atop Rombauer, right, looks back as he breaks away from Irad Ortiz Jr. atop Midnight Bourbon moments before crossing the finish line to win the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 15, 2021, in ... more > Updated: 8:13 p.m. on Saturday, May 15, 2021 BALTIMORE (AP) — Rombauer left Medina Spirit behind �...

Medina Spirit was 2-1 favorite to win Saturdays race in Baltimore, but ended up coming third The Preakness was won by 11-1 outsider Rombauer and jockey Flavien Prat, earning them $600,000 Medina Spirit won the May 1 Kentucky Derby, but was found to have double the permitted quantity of a steroid called bethamethasone in his blood afterwards. Trainer Bob Baffert denies wrongdoing The horse was allowed to compete in the Preakness after passing multiple blood tests earlier this week Medina Spirit ...