In a surprise turn of events, Preakness winner Napoleon Solo was sold to a new owner. Previous owner Al Gold of Gold Square LLC sold the horse to Espoir USA. The details around the transaction are sparse, as the purchase price and how exactly the deal came together remain unknown. At this point, little is known about Espoir USA, and it remains unclear who or what is behind the transaction on their end. With the lack of public information available, it remains possible that the entity was set up specifically for this transaction.

What has been revealed is that Napoleon Solo will remain under the care of trainer Chad Summers as he moves forward in his racing career. When his racing career concludes, he will stand at Lane's End Farm.

Napoleon Solo was a $40,000 yearling purchase by Chad Summers at the 2024 Keeneland yearling sale. A three-time winner in five career starts, he will skip the Belmont Stakes and likely be pointed toward the Haskell in July.

A sale of a Triple Crown race winner so soon after their victory is uncommon, but it has happened before. 2000 Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus was famously sold to Coolmore Stud for a rumored amount of $70 million less than two months after his May victory at Churchill Downs. While the amount paid for Napoleon Solo is almost certainly a fraction of that, racing fans can infer that a premium was paid to Al Gold and Gold Square LLC with the victory coming so soon after his signature win.