1 of 2 | Burnham Square wins Saturday's Louisville Stakes at Churchill Downs. Photo Courtesy of Churchill Downs
May 18 (UPI) -- First, the Kentucky Derby winner didn't go to the Preakness. Next, the Preakness winner apparently isn't going to the Belmont, setting up a potential repeat of last year's Triple Crown results.
With Derby winner Golden Tempo skipping Saturday's Preakness at Laurel Park, Napoleon Solo stole the show, returning to last year's Grade I-winning form to score a decisive 1 1/4-length victory. Finishing second and third were Iron Honor and Chip Honcho, respectively. None of them started in the Derby.
Golden Tempo took a pass on the Preakness to get five weeks rest before the June 6 Belmont at Saratoga, but he won't find Napoleon Solo there, according to that colt's owner, Al Gold, and trainer, Chad Summers.
"Yeah, our plan is the Haskell. No bones about it," Summers said, referring to the $1 million Grade I centerpiece of the Monmouth Park meeting on the Jersey Shore on July 18.
