There will be no Triple Crown in 2025 as Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty is skipping the Preakness Stakes. Mike Rogers, executive vice president of 1/ST, released a statement, Tuesday afternoon, saying: "We received a call today from trainer Bill Mott that Sovereignty will not be competing in the Preakness. Bill informed us they would point toward the Belmont Stakes."We extend our congratulations to the connections of Sovereignty and respect their decision. We continue to see the excitement building toward the milestone celebration of the 150th Preakness Stakes, and we look forward to an incredible weekend of world-class racing and entertainment."Sovereignty had presented some positive signs. Assistant trainer Kenny McCarthy, who oversees the Churchill Downs operation for Mott, reported that Sovereignty again ate up his evening meal Sunday in 20 minutes."Another repeat performance," McCarthy said. "He's been one horse that never misses an oat. Obviously, we monitor that closely, because (not eating) is a sign that maybe something's not quite right. But again, we put in his tub, and in 20 minutes, he's finished his feed and looking for more."Sovereignty settled near the rear of the 19-horse Derby field before rallying behind Journalism while making a wide sweep into the homestretch and overtaking the favorite by 1 1/2 lengths."When you thought about it all, we had three great weeks of training here," McCarthy said. "The walkover went so perfectly, smoothly for us. He saddled great. Once we legged the jockey (Junior Alvarado) up, at that stage it was out of our hands. But reflecting back on everything we'd done to get to that point, you'd say there was absolutely nothing we would have changed. And, that's a good feeling to have when one is going out there."Sovereignty ran twice at Gulfstream Park, winning the Fountain of Youth off the four-month layoff by a neck over River Thames. Sovereignty returned in the Curlin Florida Derby with Manny Franco filling in for the injured Alvarado. He closed to finish second behind Tappan Street, who wound up missing the Derby with a leg injury."As a 2-year-old here, he had a huge frame to him," McCarthy said of Sovereignty. "He's a big horse. I'd say the change we'd seen, when he first came down to Gulfstream, he had filled that out very impressively. His second start down there, we wanted to win, but sometimes in getting beat it teaches the horse that next lesson they have to learn to dig in. I think we saw that on Saturday. When they turned for home, he and Journalism were shoulder to shoulder. It was going to be a horse race from there, and who was the strongest?" Mott's other Derby winner, Country House, also skipped the Preakness.