Rispoli's colt was the even-money favorite, but this was no easy trip. He kept Journalism near the rail, which saved ground but forced him to slip between Goal Oriented and Clever Again — with no shortage of contact — before he could even begin making a run at 15-1 shot Gosger. “I got in trouble at the quarter pole and, look, he make himself keep going,” said Rispoli, who came over from Italy in 2020.
Umberto Rispoli took quite a path to make history. Rispoli became the first jockey from Italy to win a Triple Crown race Saturday in Baltimore (MD), squeezing between horses around the top of the stretch and then riding Journalism to a tremendous rally in the stretch run of the Preakness.
