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Rombauer pulls Preakness upset, Baffert's 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 — and put horse racing’s latest controversy on the back burner. Little-known Rombauer sprung an 1...

Medina Spirit was 2-1 favorite to win Saturday's 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 will be stripped of his Kentucky Derby victory if the drug test result is upheld Saturday's upset d...

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 Bob Baffert’s Kentucky Derby winner to end a potential Triple Crown bid that would have carried...

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. Little-known Rombauer sprung an 11-1 upset to win the Preakness on Saturday, passing Bob Baffert’s ...

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. Now, they’re in the Winner’s Circle at a Triple Crown race. The Fradkins ended up racing Rombauer ...