BREAKING NEWS Sovereignty wins 2025 Kentucky Derby in thrilling finish in sloppy conditions
Sovereignty, ridden by Junior Alvarado and trained by Bill Mott, pulled away from the favorite horse - Journalism - down the stretch to claim victory.
Journalism came home in second place. Baeza, the last horse in the starting gate, finished third.
Sovereignty's victory wasn't a complete surprise. The horse began the day as the second-favorite at odds of 5-1.
Both Sovereignty and Journalism made the final turn on the outside of the pack and pulled away from the leaders at the front.
After being nose-to-nose for a long stretch of the final dash to the line, Sovereignty began pulling away late to take the crown for himself.
It's the first victory in the Derby for Alvarado and the second victory for Mott.
Mott previously won the 2019 Kentucky Derby - the first time the race results have ever been overturned on appeal.
Maximum Security crossed the line first that year, but a successful appeal found that the horse had impeded upon the path of a competitor.
The overturned result meant Mott's thoroughbred - Country House - was given the victory after posting odds of 65-1 that morning.
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