Mandaloun, Essential Quality won't run in Preakness Kentucky Derby favorite Essential Quality and runner-up Mandaloun will not run against Medina Spirit in the Preakness, trainer Brad Cox said Thursday. Cox said he'll skip the second jewel of the Triple Crown with those two horses and Caddo River, who was scratched from the Derby for spiking a fever. Mandaloun finished a half-length back of Medina Spirit as a 27-1 long shot, while Essential Quality was fourth after going off as the 3-1 Derby favorite. Mandaloun jogged Thursday, and Cox said the horse was moving extremely well with good energy, adding Mandaloun showed "everything you want to see from a colt that performed at a high level at a mile and a quarter race."