Rombauer Pulls Preakness Upset, Baffert’s Medina Spirit 3rd

Flavien Prat atop Rombauer (C) reacts after winning the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, in Baltimore, on May 15, 2021. Nick Wass/AP Photo

BALTIMORE—Rombauer left Medina Spirit behind—and put horse racing’s latest controversy on the back burner.

Little-known Rombauer sprung an 11-1 upset to win the Preakness on Saturday, passing Bob Baffert’s Kentucky Derby winner to end a potential Triple Crown bid that would have carried a giant asterisk.