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Trainer Says Derby Winner Will Go to Preakness

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The trainer for Kentucky Derby winner American Pharoah says he expects the horse to run in the next race for the Triple Crown.

American Pharoah’s trainer Bob Baffert also trained third place Derby winner Dortmund. This is Baffert’s Fourth Derby win.

It was a close race at Churchill Downs. In fact, Dortmund held the lead for most of the race until a late break from Pharoah in the stretch run.

Baffert says right now, he expects American Pharoah will run in the upcoming race for the Triple Crown: the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore two weeks from now.

"You know, if all goes well, I don’t see any reason not to go," Baffert said. "So, we are looking forward to it."

No horse has won all three races for the Triple Crown since 1978.

The third leg of the Triple Crown is the Belmont Stakes in June.

Ashley Lopez is a reporter forWGCUNews. A native of Miami, she graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a journalism degree.
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