Rombauer pulls Preakness upset, Baffert's Medina Spirit 3rd
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Flavien Prat atop Rombauer, right, looks back as he breaks away from Irad Ortiz Jr. atop Midnight Bourbon moments before crossing the finish line to win the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 15, 2021, in ... more >
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Saturday, May 15, 2021
BALTIMORE (AP) — Rombauer left Medina Spirit behind — and put horse racing’s latest controversy on the back burner.
Little-known Rombauer sprung an 11-1 upset to win the Preakness on Saturday, passing Bob Baffert‘s Kentucky Derby winner to end a potential Triple Crown bid that would have carried a giant asterisk.