The jockey who rode Sovereignty to victory at the Kentucky Derby last week has been fined over $60,000 for striking the horse with his riding crop too many times during the race, according to the ...

I thought of that impression last week when HISA announced that it had fined and suspended jockey Junior Alvarado for his winning ride on Sovereignty in Kentucky Derby 151 back on May 3.

Sovereignty ran away with the 151st Kentucky Derby on Saturday at a muddy Churchill Downs and it only took a few minutes of celebrating before the obvious question was asked of the thoroughbred's ...

HISA ruled Junior Alvarado used his crop eight times - two over the limit - during his Kentucky Derby ride on Sovereignty Alvarado's fine and suspension was doubled because it was his second ...

May 13 (UPI) --Only three of the 19 starters from the Kentucky Derby officially signed on for the second jewel of the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes, at Monday night's post-position draw.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The jockey who rode Sovereignty to the finish line at the 151st Kentucky Derby has been suspended and fined. Junior Alvarado was ordered a two-day suspension and must pay ...

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The connections around Kentucky Derby runner-up Journalism were rather coy about whether their horse would run in the 150th Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown. It was a game of ...

Junior Alvarado, who rode Sovereignty to victory at the Kentucky Derby earlier this month, has been fined and suspended for the overuse of his whip during the race. Alvarado was found to have used ...

A late surge down the closing stretch won Sovereignty the 151st Kentucky Derby, as he outran the morning line favorite Journalism to the finish line. But the way that strong close happened came at ...

Just a few days after winning the Kentucky Derby, Sovereignty was ruled out of running in the Preakness Stakes, at Baltimore's Historic Pimlico Race Course. It is the second time in four years the ...