Journalism comes from behind to win the Preakness 2 weeks after finishing 2nd in the Kentucky Derby

By STEPHEN WHYNO BALTIMORE AP Journalism jostled with horses down the stretch burst through after the contact and came from behind to win the th running of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday The odds-on favorite was bumped by Goal Oriented near the quarter pole and it looked like another second-place finish was coming two weeks after being the runner-up to Sovereignty in the Kentucky Derby Journalism instead ran right by Gosger to give trainer Michael McCarthy his second win in a Triple Crown race A lot of bouncing around there McCarthy explained When I saw that I kind of resigned myself to the fact it was another fantastic effort and maybe come up a little bit short But it just goes to show the testament that this horse has Couldn t be prouder of him Gosger was second by a half-length Sandman was third and Bob Baffert-trained Goal Oriented fourth Journalism went miles in Umberto Rispoli became the first jockey from Italy to win any of the Triple Crown races When I crossed the wire the first things that comes up to my mind it s all of the years of my career that pass in front of me Rispoli mentioned I had to wait so long to be on a champion like that Journalism handled the adversity and thrived on a warm day that dried out the track after torrential rain fell at Pimlico Race Curriculum for much of the past week Those conditions suited him better than the slop at Churchill Downs in the Derby He paid to win to place and to show He s a remarkable horse Baffert noted of Journalism I yearned to be on the lead and was behind horses I knew Goal Oriented was intimidated He s never run that way He ran well but he s still too green for that Sovereignty did not take part after his owners and trainer Bill Mott decided to skip the Preakness citing the two-week turnaround and aimed for the Belmont on June That made this a fifth time in seven years that the Preakness for various reasons was contested without a Triple Crown bid at stake But Journalism staked his claim for -year-old horse of the year by winning the million American classic race run at the old Pimlico Race Program for the last time before it s torn down and rebuilt Journalism added a memorable chapter by squeezing through the space he had to win I still can t realize what this horse did Rispoli declared It s all about him It s a pleasure and privilege to ride a horse like him The Preakness is set to be held at nearby Laurel Park between Baltimore and Washington D C next year before a planned return to the new Pimlico in Journalism is the first horse to win the Preakness after running in the Kentucky Derby since Mark Casse-trained War of Will in Only two others from the in the Derby participated in the Preakness Casse s Sandman and fellow Hall of Famer D Wayne Lukas American Promise Lukas the -year-old who has saddled the bulk horses in Preakness history referred to McCarthy once this week as the new guy This was just McCarthy s second and he s for after Rombauer sprung the upset as an - long shot in This one was more emotional with McCarthy and his wife still displaced from their home by the Southern California wildfires We ll get back there McCarthy explained Everybody will get back there We ll rebuild This is for Altadena AP horse racing https apnews com hub horse-racing