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.
The connections of Journalism, beaten favorite in the Kentucky Derby, said Thursday they are keeping the Preakness “in play” for his next start.
Former jockey Andrea Seefeldt Knight, the second woman to ride in the Preakness, has become a competitive clay shooter and instructor.
Goal Oriented, two-for-two in his career, will join Rodriguez as a Bob Baffert-trained Preakness starter, the trainer said.
Trainer Todd Pletcher bypassed the Kentucky Derby with the lightly raced River Thames and is happy with his charge heading into the Preakness.
Kentucky Derby hero Sovereignty will not contest the Preakness, 1/ST Racing announced Tuesday.
For a ninth straight year, $100,000 in bonus money is on the table for trainers that run at least five horses in stakes races Preakness weekend.
Journalism, the likely favorite in the Kentucky Derby, is the 8-1 morning line favorite in the Preakness future wager, which opens April 25-May 3.
Berths in the Preakness Stakes starting gate are on the line in this weekend’s Tesio at Laurel and Bathhouse Row at Oaklawn Park.
1/ST and The Maryland Jockey Club announced the return of its Preak Weeks initiative to spotlight Baltimore businesses.