(Reuters) – Exaggerator won the 141st running of the Preakness Stakes by 3-1/2 lengths in Baltimore on Saturday, ending Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist’s bid for a rare Triple Crown.
Race favorite Nyquist finished third, narrowly behind Cherry Wine according to unofficial results, in the second leg of U.S. thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown series for 3-year-olds on a sloppy track at Pimlico Race Course.
Exaggerator finished second 1-1/4 lengths behind Nyquist in the Derby at Churchill Downs to go 0-4 against the unbeaten bay colt, but he turned the tables in the Preakness with Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux aboard.
Nyquist, breaking from the third post position in the 11-horse field, beat the other speed horses out of the gate and ran from the lead for most of the race.
The hard-finishing Exaggerator moved along the rail and kept in close touch with Nyquist and two other challengers before surging into the lead with an explosive burst down the stretch.
Exaggerator, the second choice among bettors, paid $7.20 $3.20 and $2.40 for a $2 bet.
Cherry Wine returned $9.80 $4.20, while Nyquist paid $2.20 for his third-place finish.
The third leg of the Triple Crown series will be in the Belmont Stakes in New York on June 11.
(Reporting by Larry Fine; Editing by Mark Lamport-Stokes)
Exaggerator finished second 1-1/4 lengths behind Nyquist in the Derby at Churchill Downs to go 0-4 against the unbeaten bay colt, but he turned the tables in the Preakness with Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux aboard.
Nyquist, breaking from the third post position in the 11-horse field, beat the other speed horses out of the gate and ran from the lead for most of the race.
The hard-finishing Exaggerator moved along the rail and kept in close touch with Nyquist and two other challengers before surging into the lead with an explosive burst down the stretch.
Exaggerator, the second choice among bettors, paid $7.20 $3.20 and $2.40 for a $2 bet.
Cherry Wine returned $9.80 $4.20, while Nyquist paid $2.20 for his third-place finish.
The third leg of the Triple Crown series will be in the Belmont Stakes in New York on June 11.
(Reporting by Larry Fine; Editing by Mark Lamport-Stokes)
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