No Triple Crown This Year for the Horses, but Maybe for a Jockey

A Rare Triple Crown Feat Remains Possible Heading Into Preakness

Golden Tempo’s absence may have ended the equine Triple Crown chase, but one jockey’s remarkable run is still alive heading into Baltimore.

Golden Tempo skips Preakness Stakes, renewing calls to reshape the Triple Crown schedule

Golden Tempo's connections have decided to skip the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown, following the horse's Kentucky Derby victory a decision that is reigniting a broader conversation about whether the sport's most prestigious series needs a new schedule.The move mirrors what happened last year, when Sovereignty's team bypassed the Preakness Stakes after winning the Kentucky Derby. The pattern has put renewed pressure on hors…

No Triple Crown this year for the horses, but maybe for a jockey

With Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo sitting out the Preakness, there won't be a Triple Crown winner this year -- at least not an equine one.

Triple Crown timing debate returns as Derby winner skips Preakness

The Kentucky Derby winner will skip the Preakness again, renewing debate over whether the Triple Crown schedule should be spaced out.

Golden Tempo to skip Preakness

For the second consecutive year, the Kentucky Derby winner will not run in the Preakness Stakes, as Golden Tempo trainer Cherie DeVaux announced Wednesday the horse will skip the second leg of the Triple Crown and compete in the Belmont…

Skipping the Preakness: We’ve Seen This Before

The thought of a Kentucky Derby winner bypassing the second leg of racing’s Triple Crown used to be unthinkable. And yet here we are in 2026, reacting to Golden Tempo skipping the Preakness Stakes (G1) to prepare for the Belmont Stakes three weeks later with something closer to a collective shrug than righteous fury. Three of last five Derby winners have skipped Preakness Maybe that’s because racing has seen this before. Three of the last five K…