BALTIMORE — There will be no Triple Crown this year as Cloud Computing thundered down the stretch in the 142nd running of the Preakness Stakes as Always Dreaming faded, rendering next month’s Belmont Stakes a race that has lost its potentially historic dimensions.
Cloud Computing overtook Classic Empire late to win the second jewel of the Triple Crown on Saturday. He completed the mile and three-sixteenth in 1 minute 59.98 seconds at Pimlico Race Course. Always Dreaming, the Kentucky Derby winner and clear favorite, finished eighth after going head-to-head with Classic Empire for much of the race.