There won't be a Triple Crown winner this season with Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty bypassing the 2025 Preakness Stakes because his connections wanted to give him extra recovery time before the Belmont Stakes in June.

This will be the final horse race at the track ahead of demolition and a major reconstruction project, which will impact Pimlico and the surrounding Park Heights neighborhood.

Just as he was in the days leading up to the Kentucky Derby a couple of weeks ago, Journalism (8-5) is the favorite following the Draw for Post Positions for the 150th Preakness Stakes. Journalism drew the No. 2 post Monday in a field of nine for the $2 million, second leg of the Triple Crown.