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The long-shot win assured that Bob Baffert’s colt could not claim a Triple Crown under the cloud of a positive drug test.

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...

A disagreement and a bad clock were key elements in Rombauer pulling off an 11-1 upset in the Preakness.

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 ...

By STEPHEN WHYNO Associated Press May 15, 2021 1 hr ago Flavien Prat atop Rombauer, left, wins the 146th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 15, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Will Newton) Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Rombauer left Medina Spirit behind — and put horse racing’s latest controversy on the back burner. Little-known Rombauer sprung an 11-1 upset to win the Preakness on Saturday, passing ...

Rombauer, at 11-1, springs big Preakness upset No Triple Crown with Medina Spirit finishing third By STEPHEN WHYNO, Associated Press Published: May 15, 2021, 4:37pm Share: Flavien Prat atop Rombauer reacts as he crosses the finish line to win the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 15, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) BALTIMORE — Rombauer left Medina Spirit behind — and put horse racing’s latest controversy on the back burner. L...

So what’s the deal with Rombauer? His owners, Diane and John Fradkin, planned to sell him. They view themselves as “small-time, commercial breeders” who sell most of their horses. The Fradkins were planning on selling Rombauer last year, but the pandemic threw things off. #Preakness146 winner Rombauer is an amazing story. His owners, John and Diane Fradkin, were planning to sell him before the COVID 19 pandemic hit. But the pandemic delayed the auction, so they kept him and raced him. No...