Near-Record Heat for Preakness Another Test for Epicenter

Preakness entrant Epicenter (L), the runner up in the Kentucky Derby horse race, leaves the track after a workout ahead of the Preakness Stakes Horse Race race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, on May 18, 2022. Julio Cortez/AP Photo

BALTIMORE—Epicenter lost the Kentucky Derby because of a hot pace.

Now he'll face hot temperatures in the Preakness.