Mott is a Preakness victory away from taking the career Triple Crown, but the 71-year-old trainer won't have a chance to win it with Sovereignty, opting instead to hold the colt out until the Belmont Stakes.

There will be no horse racing Triple Crown this year. Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty will not compete in the Preakness Stakes. Mike Rogers, the executive vice president of 1/ST Racing, which operates the Pimlico Race Course that hosts the Preakness,

Notable: McPeek last year became the first trainer to win the Kentucky Oaks (with Thorpedo Anna) and the Kentucky Derby (with Mystik Dan) since Ben Jones in 1952. His horse in this year’s Oaks is the No. 10, Take Charge Milady, who opened at 12-1.