Triple Crown tracker: See recent results from 6 top sophomores
The Triple Crown Tracker checks in with the horses who raced in the 2025 Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont, keeping up with what they have done since the classics.
2025 Kentucky Derby
One horse from the Kentucky Derby field contested the Grade 3 Oklahoma Derby. Publisher, still a maiden after 10 starts but competitive enough in stakes that he has remained at that level, was bet down to the 5-1 third choice in the field of seven. Under jockey Erik Asmussen, the Steve Asmussen trainee chased toward the rear of the compact field early, improved to midfield, but was no match in the lane and finished fourth, 8 1/2 lengths behind winner Bracket Buster.
Coal Battle had been entered in the Oklahoma Derby as well and was tabbed as the morning-line favorite. But according to a report by Mary Rampellini of Daily Racing Form, trainer Lonnie Briley did not think Coal Battle was ready to return yet and is looking toward the Zia Park Derby on Nov. 25 instead.
| Derby | Horse | Last race | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sovereignty | 1st Travers (G1) | Worked 5f Sun. at SAR |
| 2 | Journalism | 2nd Pacific Classic (G1) | Worked 5f Fri. at SA |
| 3 | Baeza | 1st Pennsylvania Derby (G1) | Worked 4f Sat. at SA |
| 4 | Final Gambit | 5th Nashville Derby (G3) | Worked 4f Sat. at TP |
| 5 | Owen Almighty | 8th Robert Hilton Memorial | Worked 5f Sat. at CD |
| 6 | Burnham Square | 2nd Nashville Derby (G3) | No works since last race |
| 7 | Sandman | 9th Nashville Derby (G3) | No works since last race |
| 8 | East Avenue | 5th West Virginia Derby (G3) | No works since last race |
| 9 | Chunk of Gold | 2nd Bourbon Flight | No works since last race |
| 10 | Tiztastic | 10th Nashville Derby (G3) | No works since last race |
| 11 | Coal Battle | 2nd Indiana Derby (G3) | Worked 4f Sat. at KEE |
| 12 | Luxor Cafe | 12th Kentucky Derby | No works since last race |
| 13 | Neoequos | 6th Gallant Bob (G2) | No works since last race |
| 14 | Publisher | 4th Oklahoma Derby (G3) | No works since last race |
| 15 | Citizen Bull | 1st Shared Belief | Worked 6f Sun. at SA |
| 16 | American Promise | 8th Preakness | Worked 4f June 10 at CD |
| 17 | Render Judgment | 17th Kentucky Derby | Worked 4f June 5 at SAR |
| 18 | Flying Mohawk | 18th Kentucky Derby | Worked 4f at June 28 at CD |
| 19 | Admire Daytona | 19th Kentucky Derby | No works since last race |
| SCR | Grande | 2nd Wood Memorial (G2) | Worked 5f April 25 at KEE |
| SCR | Rodriguez | 4th Belmont | Worked 4f July 14 at SA |
2025 Preakness Stakes
Two horses from the Preakness squared off against Baeza in the Pennsylvania Derby (G1) on Sept. 20 at Parx Bob Baffert trainee Goal Oriented and Brendan Walsh trainee Gosger had their first starts since hitting the board behind Journalism in the Haskell (G1) on July 19. Goal Oriented fared the better of the Preakness pair, pressing the pace and flattening in the lane to finish third, 4 1/4 lengths behind Baeza. Gosger stumbled at the start and chased mid-pack but emptied out in the lane. He crossed the wire sixth, 11 3/4 lengths behind Baeza.
| Preakness | Horse | Last race | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Journalism | 2nd Pacific Classic (G1) | Worked 5f Fri. at SA |
| 2 | Gosger | 6th Pennsylvania Derby (G1) | Worked 4f Sat. at CD |
| 3 | Sandman | 9th Nashville Derby (G3) | No works since last race |
| 4 | Goal Oriented | 3rd Pennsylvania Derby (G1) | Worked 4f Sat. at SA |
| 5 | Heart of Honor | 6th Belmont | No works since last race |
| 6 | River Thames | 6th Preakness | Worked 4f June 12 at CD |
| 7 | Pay Billy | 7th Preakness | No works since last race |
| 8 | American Promise | 8th Preakness | Worked 4f June 10 at CD |
| 9 | Clever Again | 5th Gun Runner | No works since last race |
2025 Belmont Stakes
Three horses from the Belmont field were in action at Aqueduct on Saturday. Two of them raced on the lawn in the Jockey Club Derby (G3). Hill Road fared the better of the two. Sent off the favorite, he chased mid-pack, was unhurried even into the lane and rallied in the final furlong to get up for the show, 2 1/2 lengths behind Asbury Park, his stablemate in the Chad Brown barn. Todd Pletcher trainee Crudo set the pace in the Jockey Club Derby (G3), but the cavalry caught him in the final furlong and he settled for fourth, a neck behind Hill Road.
Uncaged, Crudo's stablemate in the Pletcher barn, made his first start since the Belmont in Saturday's Discovery. He was relegated to the rear early after bobbling at the start and never mustered a rally. He finished fourth in the field of five, 16 1/2 lengths behind odds-on favorite Rated by Merit.
| Belmont | Horse | Last race | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sovereignty | 1st Travers (G1) | Worked 5f Sun. at SAR |
| 2 | Journalism | 2nd Pacific Classic (G1) | Worked 5f Fri. at SA |
| 3 | Baeza | 1st Pennsylvania Derby (G1) | Worked 4f Sat. at SA |
| 4 | Rodriguez | 4th Belmont | Worked 4f July 14 at SA |
| 5 | Hill Road | 3rd Jockey Club Derby (G3) | No works since last race |
| 6 | Heart of Honor | 6th Belmont | No works since last race |
| 7 | Uncaged | 4th Discovery | No works since last race |
| 8 | Crudo | 4th Jockey Club Derby (G3) | No works since last race |