Ten sophomores in search of their first Grade 1 win meet in Saturday’s Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing, with runners like Baeza seeking a breakthrough.
In a replay of May’s Preakness, Journalism mounted a late rally to nail Gosger in the final strides to win the Grade 1 Haskell at Monmouth Park.
In our Preakness Profiles, we dig into the background of each runner in the 150th Preakness Stakes.
Rodriguez, the Bob Baffert trainee who won the Wood Memorial but was forced to skip the Kentucky Derby, now is also out of the Preakness.
Goal Oriented, two-for-two in his career, will join Rodriguez as a Bob Baffert-trained Preakness starter, the trainer said.