Posted: May 14, 2021 5:45 PM ET | Last Updated: May 14
Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness entrant Medina Spirit runs a training session and Pimlico Race Course on Wednesday. On Friday, the horse passed drug tests and was cleared to race in the second leg of the Triple Crown.(Julio Cortez/The Associated PRess)
Rombauer springs big Preakness upset, Medina Spirit third Preakness entrant Rombauer works out during a training session ahead of the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Baltimore. (Source: APAP Photo/Julio Cortez/AP) By Associated Press | May 15, 2021 at 4:04 PM EDT - Updated May 16 at 6:22 PM
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.