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The Kentucky Derby was won by a jockey and a horse who wouldn’t take no for an answer
Sovereignty, at 9-1 and with Alvarado aboard, won the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on Saturday. He drew a bead on 3-1 favorite Journalism and chased him down to win by 1 1/2 lengths.
Kentucky Derby Results 2025, Final Race Chart, Finishing Times and Purse
Sovereignty won the neck-and-neck race with Journalism down the final stretch of the Kentucky Derby. The horse produced a second Derby win for trainer William I. Mott and the first Derby victory for jockey Junior Alvarado. Mott won his other Derby title with Country House in 2019, but that victory came after Maximum Security was disqualified.
Kentucky Derby is in the books with Sovereignty holding off front-runner Journalism. Here's how it all went down.
Plenty of notable figures made their presences known at the 151st Kentucky Derby and UK's Trent Noah was among them.
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