Pinned
On a day marred by a death in Bob Baffert’s barn, his colt, National Treasure, edged out Blazing Sevens by a head to win the 148th running of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday and give his trainer a record eighth victory in the race.
Baffert, no stranger to controversy, was returning to the Preakness after serving a suspension in connection with a failed drug test by his 2021 Kentucky Derby winner, Medina Spirit, who died later that year. Earlier on Saturday, a horse trained by Baffert sustained a fatal injury in an undercard race as deaths continued to haunt the road to the Triple Crown.