Preakness Stakes, Rodriguez and pimlico race course
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Bob Baffert confirmed on Thursday that, after scratching out of the Kentucky Derby due to a foot bruise, Rodriguez will run in next week’s Preakness Stakes (G1)
Goal Oriented debuted April 6 at Santa Anita with an off-the-pace 3 1/4-length victory in a six-furlong maiden special weight event. He returned last Saturday at Churchill Downs, where he registered a front-running three-quarter-length triumph.
Kentucky Derby runner-up Journalism and Bob Baffert-trainee Goal Oriented lead the list of horses likely to run in the 2025 Preakness Stakes on May 17
Rodriguez pulled out of the Kentucky Derby and now won't run in the Preakness, still plans to race in the Belmont.