Spend A Buck to Skip Preakness

Kentucky Derby winner Spend A Buck will not run in the Preakness Stakes, the second race of the Triple Crown series, Pimlico Race Course general manager Chick Lang said today.

Trainer Cam Gambolati told Lang by telephone that the colt will run in the Jersey Derby at Garden State Park on May 27, nine days after the Preakness. Should Spend A Buck win the Jersey Derby, he will earn $600,000, plus a $2-million bonus for winning two other stakes at the track and the Kentucky Derby. A Triple Crown sweep could make Spend A Buck worth up to $40 million in syndication.