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Preakness Won By Filly Swiss Skydiver In Final Leg Of Horseracing Triple Crown
Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerOne of the strangest years in sports continued today, as the out-of-season Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, Maryland was won by filly Swiss Skydiver, beating Kentucky Derby winner Authentic by a neck.The Preakness is normally held as the second leg of racing’s Triple Crown, sandwiching the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. But the pandemic forced it to moved to this Saturday, after the other two races had already been run.Swiss Skydiver’s jockey Robby Albarado passed pre-race favorite Authentic around the far turn, and the thrilling stretch run saw the two horse go neck and neck.
