May 8 (UPI) -- With Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo sitting out the Preakness, there won't be a Triple Crown winner this year -- at least not an equine one.
Jockey Jose Ortiz, however, could keep his hopes alive to win all three races, as he is set to take a leg up in the Preakness on Chip Honcho, a Steve Asmussen trainee who passed up the Run for the Roses after competing effectively against Golden Tempo three times earlier.
The Connect colt won the Gun Runner on Dec. 20 at Fair Grounds, and then was fourth when Golden Tempo won the Grade III Lecomte, second when Golden Tempo finished third in the Grade II Risen Star and fifth to Golden Tempo's third in the Louisiana Derby.
Oritz stuck with Golden Tempo through all of that, while Paco Lopez rode Chip Honcho in the Lecomte and Luis Saez in the Risen Star and Derby.
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