The final Preakness Stakes took place at the Pimlico Race Course, marking the end of many years of memories and longstanding memories at “Old Hill Top.” Fans celebrated a thrilling weekend in Maryland. It brought about an emotional farewell as the historic building was demolished and replaced with a modern, new grandstand, as well as a key move across the 2025 equibase leaderboard, which was expected to be a victory for 150 journalism.th Preakness.
Journalism justified his favor in Preakness in a powerful, slow rally, winning half the length past Gosgar in his final step. The victory earned him a 109 Equibass Speed Figure, his sixth consecutive triple digit performance, driving him to second place on the 2025 leaderboard, racing in North America behind the Kentucky Derby announced by Woodford Reserve winner Sovereignty. Journalism has won three Kentucky Derby and finished second in the second place through four starts this season. Everything appears in staged stakes, earning $2,680,000, further cementing his position as one of the nation’s top three-year-olds.
Originally from Italy, Humbertolispoli, a recent feature on the Netflix series Race for the Crown, won his first career victory in the Triple Crown race at Preakness on Saturday. Rispoli spent an outstanding week overall, winning with 38% clips and travelling three times to the winner’s circle. He led all North American jockeys last week, earning $1,352,280. After an impressive performance in Maryland, Rispoli became his seventh jockey in 2025, surpassing $6 million in revenue, making him seventh in the revenue rankings for North American-based jockeys.
Trainer Michael McCarthy recorded his second career prequel victory in journalism on Saturday after winning the 2021 edition with Rombauer. Following their victory at Pimlico and Santa Anita Park last week, McCarthy led all North American trainers, earnings at $1,257,138, currently ranked 9th out of all North American-based trainers.
Flavieen Prat and Irad Ortiz Jr. continue to hold the top two spots on the Jockey Leaderboard, but it was Luis Saez who came in third after a very productive week. Saez has won six times, earning $896,640 on a 21% clip, earning him $896,640, making him the fourth jockey in 2025, surpassing his $10 million revenue. In particular, he made an outstanding performance at Churchill Downs on Sunday, where he recorded four wins on one card. Saez came in second in Preakness, riding Gosger.
The North American leader list is available on Equibase.com with lists of horses, jockeys, trainers and owners, and allows you to filter data by a variety of categories, including age, gender, surface, and race type.
