Preakness Winner Early Voting to Skip Belmont; Rich Strike Expected to Compete

Jose L Ortiz aboard Early Voting wins the running of the 147th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course, in Baltimore on May 21, 2022. Tommy Gilligan/USA TODAY Sports via Field Level Media

Preakness Stakes winner Early Voting will not run in the Belmont Stakes, trainer Chad Brown confirmed Sunday.

Brown said Early Voting will skip the final leg of the Triple Crown on June 11 at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.