Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo will not make the trip to Laurel Park, trainer Cherie DeVaux announced Wednesday, and will instead point to the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in June.
Cade Cavalli’s fourth-inning struggles were the main culprit for the Nationals’ 11-3 loss to the Twins on Tuesday night. He threw 40 pitches in that inning alone.
The charges stemmed from a Dec. 2 incident at his house in Massachusetts, where Jamila Adams, a former live-in personal chef known as Mila, testified that Diggs slapped and choked her during an argument. He had pleaded not guilty to a felony strangulation charge and a misdemeanor assault and battery charge.
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“His prep work is amazing,” catcher Drew Millas said. “He’s just got a different demeanor about him the past few weeks and has really leaned into just being himself and going out there, just kind of being free and kind of pitching to his own tune.”
At the end of this dismal four-game series in New York, one of these teams looked like a World Series contender. It wasn’t the Orioles. Not by any measure.
The 23-year-old Gibson did not seem to allow the eye-widening dimensions of Yankee Stadium or his high-level opponents to rattle him. It was almost the opposite — an at-ease kid taking this all in stride.
The usual post-Derby dilemma for trainers and owners is whether their horses are up for the two-week turnaround at Preakness. This year, the race is at Laurel Park on May 16 while the traditional Pimlico Race Course is rebuilt.
Ridden by Jose Ortiz, Golden Tempo — who was at the back of the back early — charged down the stretch to make history for DeVaux in the 1 1/8-mile race, winning at odds of 23-1.