Napoleon Solo wins 151st Preakness Stakes

Napoleon Solo took location the 2026 Preakness Stakes connected Saturday, the 151st moving of the race.

The contention was tally without the Kentucky Derby victor for the 2nd twelvemonth successful a row. After Sovereignty did not tally the Preakness past twelvemonth – and coiled up winning the Belmont Stakes – the grooming squad of Golden Tempo opted to skip the Maryland race.

From 1960 to 2018, lone 3 Derby winners did not tally successful the Preakness. Three Derby winners person skipped the Preakness successful the past 5 years, and for the sixth clip successful 8 years, for assorted reasons, the Triple Crown had already been intolerable to execute by the clip the Preakness adjacent rolled around.

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A Preakness branded starting gross is seen connected way anterior to the 151st Preakness Stakes astatine Laurel Park connected May 16, 2026 successful Laurel, Maryland. For the archetypal and lone time, Laurel Park is hosting the Preakness Stakes which is the 2nd contention of the Triple Crown jewel owed to the accepted location of the contention of the Pimlico Race Course undergoing implicit renovations.  (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

"I recognize that fans of the athletics oregon fans of the Triple Crown are disappointed, but the equine is not a machine," Golden Tempo’s trainer, Cherie DeVaux, told Fox News Digital earlier this week.

Only 3 horses from 2 weeks agone – Ocelli, Robusta, and Incredibolt, were backmost astatine the Preakness. Corona de Oro, the 11 equine connected Saturday, was scratched good up of the Derby, and Great White, who reared up and fell connected his backmost aft becoming startled soon earlier entering the Derby gate, took the 13 station connected Saturday.

A wide presumption arsenic helmets remainder connected the gross anterior to the Sir Barton Stakes astatine Laurel Park.  (Mandatory Credit: Amber Searls/Imagn Images)

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The Preakness went disconnected astir 24 hours aft a equine died pursuing the completion of his precise archetypal race.

Hit Zero, trained by Brittany Russell, came into the contention arsenic the favorite. However, helium finished past successful the race, which was won by different 1 of Russell's horses, Bold Fact — and upon crossing the decorativeness line, Hit Zero reportedly began coughing, dropped to his knees, past enactment his caput down and died.

The Preakness took spot astatine Laurel Park arsenic Pimlico undergoes renovations. It was the archetypal clip ever that Pimlico did not big the race, moving astir 20 miles south.

Horses parade successful beforehand of the paddock earlier an undercard contention anterior to the 151st Preakness Stakes astatine Laurel Park connected May 16, 2026, successful Laurel, Maryland. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

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The Belmont Stakes, the last Triple Crown race, volition instrumentality spot connected June 6. The contention volition instrumentality to Saratoga for a 3rd twelvemonth successful a enactment arsenic Belmont Park continues to beryllium renovated.

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