Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo skips Preakness Stakes, targets Belmont instead
Trainer Cherie DeVaux announced Wednesday that Golden Tempo, the 2024 Kentucky Derby winner, will not compete in the Preakness Stakes scheduled for the following weekend. DeVaux and the owners decided to give the horse additional recovery time after the demanding Derby effort and plan to run Golden Tempo in the Belmont Stakes on June 6 at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York, where DeVaux is from. This marks the sixth time in eight years that the Derby winner has not run in the Preakness, effectively eliminating any possibility of a Triple Crown winner this year.
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