Bodexpress Steals Preakness Spotlight By Running Entire Race Without a Jockey
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Bodexpress Steals Preakness Spotlight By Running Entire
Race Without a Jockey Bodexpress was running wild and free at the Preakness Stakes. The horse threw its jockey at the start of the race
and ran the entire second leg of the Triple Crown
without a rider. Jockey John Velazquez was not injured
after falling from Bodexpress. John Velazquez, via statement War of Will won the race, held Saturday
at Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course. But the riderless run by Bodexpress is what had
the Preakness trending on social media. Bob Baffert, trainer, via Associated Press The third leg of this year's Triple Crown,
the Belmont Stakes, will take place
on Saturday, June 8.
Race Without a Jockey Bodexpress was running wild and free at the Preakness Stakes. The horse threw its jockey at the start of the race
and ran the entire second leg of the Triple Crown
without a rider. Jockey John Velazquez was not injured
after falling from Bodexpress. John Velazquez, via statement War of Will won the race, held Saturday
at Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course. But the riderless run by Bodexpress is what had
the Preakness trending on social media. Bob Baffert, trainer, via Associated Press The third leg of this year's Triple Crown,
the Belmont Stakes, will take place
on Saturday, June 8.