Sovereignty In First-Place On Latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll originally appeared on Paulick Report.

With Sovereignty held out of the Preakness, Justify will hold the distinction of being the last Triple Crown winner for another year. Justify captured all three jewels of the Triple Crown in 2018.

With Sovereignty out of the Preakness, there will be no Triple Crown winner in 2025. The list of horses to do so will remain at 13. Here's the full list of Triple Crown winners: ...

After the announcement Tuesday that the connections of Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty have opted to skip the Preakness Stakes on May 17, spoiling any slim chance of a Triple Crown sweep this ...

It was more of the same for Sovereignty in the traditional local prep race for the Travers Stakes, as he continued to execute ...

So, without Sovereignty, the Preakness will be a good race, not a great one. Don’t blame the connections, however. Mott is one of the most respected trainers in the sport.

Sovereignty's Bill Mott made that clear the morning after his horse passed Journalism down the stretch in the mud at Churchill Downs with a record audience watching, casting doubt on the Preakness.

(Fun indeed: When you’re right, they hand you money.) The 150th Preakness, a week from Saturday, would be better if Sovereignty and Derby third-place finisher Baeza weren’t already declared out.

SUBSCRIBER ONLY What Sovereignty’s Preakness opt-out says about the Triple Crown Changes to the horse racing series are worth considering, though not for the reason you might expect ...