Preakness winner Exaggerator jogged at Pimlico, while Kentucky Derby champ Nyquist continued to recover after spiking a fever.
Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist, third as the favorite in Saturday’s Preakness, will return home to California rather than contesting the Belmont Stakes.
Preakness winner Exaggerator returned to the Pimlico track Tuesday morning, and Nyquist’s temperature returned to normal.
TV ratings for the Preakness grew 7% versus 2015, with Baltimore achieving its highest ratings since 2009.
Preakness winner Exaggerator walked the Pimlico shedrow today and will likely return to the track on Tuesday.
The bonus earned by trainer Dale Romans is designed to encourage trainers to enter horses in Preakness weekend stakes at Pimlico.
From atop the Pimlico pressbox, here’s what the running of the Preakness looked like call-by-call.
On a cool, rainy, and topsy-turvy day at Pimlico, Exaggerator upset the Preakness Stakes and spoiled Nyquist’s Triple Crown bid.
With the future of Pimlico and the Preakness on many minds these days, Preakness racegoers said keep the big race home.
In our Preakness profiles, we provide an in-depth look at each of the contenders for Saturday’s big race. In this one: Nyquist.