Bob Baffert-trained horse, Nationwide Treasure crosses end line first at Preakness Stakes

BALTIMORE, Maryland — Bob Baffert’s Nationwide Treasure crossed the end line first within the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, ending Mage’s Triple Crown bid within the coach’s return from a suspension – and simply hours after one other of his 3-year-old horses was euthanized on the monitor.

Baffert headed to the winner’s circle on the identical day that his colt Havnameltdown went down with a deadly left leg harm in an undercard race. Baffert stated he and his group had been in shock.

It was one other darkish second for a sport already reeling from the deaths of seven horses at Churchill Downs in a 10-day span main as much as the Kentucky Derby.

Derby winner Mage completed third within the Preakness. His defeat means there is not going to be a Triple Crown winner for a fifth consecutive yr.