Junior Alvarado, who rode Sovereignty to victory in last weekend's Kentucky Derby, has been fined $62,000 and suspended two ...

Junior Alvarado was fined 20 percent of his winnings for striking Sovereignty more times than is allowed with his riding crop ...

The jockey of the Kentucky Derby-winning horse Sovereignty has been fined $62,000 for using his riding crop too many times.

Jockey Junior Alvarado has been fined $62,000 and suspended for two races after using his crop eight times during the 2025 ...

The jockey who won the Kentucky Derby has been fined and suspended for using the riding crop too much during the race. Jockey ...

The jockey who rode the winning horse in the 2025 Kentucky Derby has been fined by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety ...

Junior Alvarado was given a $62,000 fine and suspended for two upcoming racing days for striking Sovereignty eight times with ...

Junior Alvarado used his riding crop on Sovereignty "more than the permitted amount" during the race last week, according to the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.

Sovereignty not only won the Derby but did what 2019 winner Country House could not for trainer Bill Mott — he crossed first.

There will be no Triple Crown winner in horse racing this year. Sovereignty, the three-year-old thoroughbred who won the ...

Sovereignty is expected to return to action for the final leg of the Triple Crown — the $2 million, Grade 1 Belmont on June 7 at Saratoga. From 1997-2018, every Kentucky Derby winner went on to ...

Junior Alvarado, the jockey who rode Sovereignty to victory at the 2025 Kentucky Derby, was fined $62,000 on Friday after the ...