Mott was asked about the decision to skip Preakness in his post-race interview following Sovereignty's victory.

The race marked a kind of replay of the Kentucky Derby. Sovereignty finished in first, Journalism ended up in second again and Baeza was third — the same 1-2-3 as the Derby.

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