Belmont Stakes winner Tiz the Regulation will not run in subsequent month’s Preakness, spoiling what would have been a extremely anticipated rematch with Kentucky Derby winner Genuine.

The Preakness on Oct. Three at Pimlico concludes this yr’s reconfigured Triple Crown collection, which was run out of order due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Jack Knowlton, managing companion of Sackatoga Secure, which owns Tiz the Regulation, tweeted that it is ”disappointing Tiz the Regulation won’t be able to run within the Preakness.”

”Our major curiosity is doing what’s proper for the horse & on this case he is not prepared,” Knowlton wrote on Tuesday. ”We sit up for coaching him as much as the Breeders Cup Traditional on 11/7.”

Knowlton had made it recognized since Tiz the Regulation completed second to Genuine within the Kentucky Derby on Sept. 5 that he would love his colt to make the Preakness. After the Derby, coach Barclay Tagg mentioned his desire could be to skip the Preakness.

Nevertheless, with no likelihood for Tiz the Regulation to brush the Triple Crown, he will be freshened to run within the Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland in Kentucky on Nov. 6-7.

Tiz the Regulation misplaced to Genuine by 1 1/four lengths within the Derby. Tiz the Regulation went off because the overwhelming 3-5 favourite, the largest Derby selection in 31 years. The colt gained the shortened Belmont Stakes in New York on June 20 to open the Triple Crown collection.

By skipping the Preakness, Tiz the Regulation could have 63 days between the Derby and the BC Traditional, which is value $6 million. The colt has run effectively off lengthy layoffs. He is gained 4 races this yr by a mixed 16 half lengths. In all, Tiz the Regulation has six wins in eight profession begins, with each his losses coming at Churchill Downs.

Genuine and Thousand Phrases, scratched shortly earlier than the Kentucky Derby after rearing up and falling on his facet, are each set to run within the Preakness, in response to coach Bob Baffert.

Artwork Collector, knocked out of the Derby due to a minor harm earlier than he could possibly be entered, is prone to be among the many favorites for the 1 3/16-mile Preakness.

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