Entering the second week of Kentucky Derby becoming a favorite, journalism was defeated again, entering Saturday’s Preakness Stakes, the triple-champion in the middle of the horse racing car.

Once behind five lengths, journalism is still far behind Gosger at the top of Homestretch, as it once again squeezes between clever and target-oriented in a clever place--and they rub their horses with their jockeys so close--and finally find the open ground. From there, as jockey's Umberto Rispoli urged him to move on, journalism knocked down Gosger in the Post, requiring all 1 3/16 miles of the course to win a stunning comeback victory at the 150th Preakness Baltimore Pimlico Racing Course.

This is the second victory for journalism coach Michael W. McCarthy, who previously won against Rombauer in 2021.

Gosger ranked second and Sandman ranked third.

“The horse is the champion,” Aron Wellman, co-owner of the news agency, told NBC in the winner’s circle. "Our jockey Umberto Rispoli is the champion. Our coach Michael McCarthy is the champion."

Journalism surpassed eight other competitors after trainer Bill Mott withdrew his horse, a small area that excludes Derby champion sovereignty due to a short-term shift between matches. This is the third time that the Derby champion has skipped Preakness in the past four years. Mott said earlier this month that the Triple Crown was “a thing we wouldn’t consider.”

This is the fifth in the past seven years, where there is no real shot on the Triple crown, a trend that has sparked a debate over the two-week turnaround between the triple crown games.

The nine horse field is still expected, with trainers including Bob Baffert and his record eight Preakness wins, while D. Wayne Lukas won seven championships in 44 years at Pimlico and amassed 19 previous Preakness wins.

The press is still considered a favorite after the Derby and opens at 8-5 odds. By game time, it has become a 6-5 favorite. However, on Saturday, the road to victory was only a quarter-mile, as Clever entered the first round again, followed by Gosger and River Thames, sixth in the press. Rispoli, jockey and trainer McCarthy, said they believed their horses were in trouble and could be tough and could only be second in the Derby in the post-match interview.

However, journalism is ultimately at the end of the deadline.