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A horse named National Treasure won the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, the second leg of the Triple Crown. The win handed trainer Bob Baffert a record-setting victory, hours after he had to put down an injured horse, and coming upon his return to the race after being banned last year.
National Treasure entered Saturday’s race at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore as the second betting choice behind Mage, who pulled off a longshot victory at the Kentucky Derby earlier this month. But in the end, Blazing Sevens came in second by a narrow margin and Mage took third.
It’s jockey John Velazquez’s first Preakness win, and a record eighth Preakness win for Baffert.
“This horse deserved it. We all thought it was a good horse,” Baffert told NBC Sports after the win.
