Preakness Stakes

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California Chrome won the 139th Preakness Stakes Saturday in Baltimore, Maryland. California Chrome and jockey Victor Espinoza were able to hold off a hard charging Ride On Curlin down the stretch to win the second leg of the Triple Crown in 1:54.84 (1-3/16 mile). Coming in third was Social Inclusion. Only 10 horses were in the field.

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If California Chrome, also the Kentucky Derby winner, can win in New York in June, he will become the first Triple Crown winner since 1978. The last horse to accomplish that feat was Affirmed.

The final leg of the Triple Crown ends at the 1-1/2 mile track at Belmont Stakes in New York on June 7.