All eyes were on Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit at the 146th Preakness Stakes, but it was 11-1 Rombauer who outran the field to win the second race of the Triple Crown. Medina Spirit had led wire-to-wire in a controversial Derby victory two weeks ago, and looked poised to do the same thing at Pimlico Race Course, but Rombauer put on a charge for the ages in the final yards of the race to claim victory.
Medina Spirit and Midnight Bourbon broke well early, with Medina Spirit taking the early lead into the first turn. Midnight Bourbon kept the pressure on Medina Spirit through the backstretch, and as they came into the frontstretch, Midnight Bourbon took over the lead.