Early Voting held off Epicenter within the closing stretch to seize the 147th operating of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday.
The Kentucky Derby winner, Wealthy Strike, skipped the race. He had launched a rail skimming, swerving stretch run to win at odds of 80-1 and made his everyman coach and jockey and proprietor — Eric Reed, Sonny Leon and Rick Dawson — in a single day sensations.
However Dawson and Wealthy Strike determined their colt wanted greater than two weeks relaxation and selected to skip the Preakness to run within the Belmont Stakes on June eleventh.
Early Voting, who gained with a time of 1:54.54 and 1 ¼ lengths forward of Epicenter, had skipped the Kentucky Derby and it paid off.
The calmly raced colt gave his coach, Chad Brown, and proprietor, Klaravich Stables Inc., their second victory within the center jewel of the Triple Crown.
The coach and proprietor adopted an analogous path to win the 2017 Preakness.
Epicenter was additionally the runner-up within the Kentucky Derby.
Early Voting’s jockey, Jose Ortiz, gained the Preakness for the primary time. He had by no means completed increased than fourth in 4 earlier mounts within the race.
The temperature when the 9 horses entered the gate at Pimlico Race Course hovered round 90 levels, practically a document.
