Justify wins the 143rd running of the Preakness Stakes (16 images)

Justify, with jockey Mike Smith, (R) wins the 143rd running of the Preakness Stakes. Photo by Mark Abraham/UPI

Smith holds up the Woodlawn Vase trophy for winning the Preakness Stakes with trainer Bob Baffert. The victory gives Baffert, who won his seventh Preakness, an odds-on chance to nail down a second Triple Crown if Justify can continue his roll in the 1 1/2-miles Belmont Stakes in New York three weeks after the Preakness. American Pharoah turned that trick for Baffert in 2015. Photo by Mark Abraham/UPI

Smith, on Justify, gestures to the heavens after winning. Photo by Mark Abraham/UPI

Justify is walked back to the barns after winning. Photo by Jason Szenes/UPI