After finishing as runner-up at the Kentucky Derby earlier this month, the heavy-favorite Journalism earned a thrilling victory Saturday at the 150th Preakness Stakes at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course, the second leg of the Triple Crown.

Journalism , who entered with 8-5 odds, came from behind down the stretch to defeat a field of eight other horses.

Gosger was second by a half-length after getting passed by Journalism just before the wire. Sandman was third and Goal Oriented fourth. Journalism went 1 3/16 miles in 1:55.37.

Journalism gave trainer Michael McCarthy his second Preakness victory. It is Umberto Rispoli's first in a Triple Crown race, and he is the first jockey from Italy to win one of them.

Jockey Umberto Rispoli crosses the finish line on Journalism to win the

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