03-05-2025
Sovereignty trainer, jockey, owner and more to know about 2025 Kentucky Derby horse
Sovereignty trainer, jockey, owner and more to know about 2025 Kentucky Derby horse
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Kentucky Derby 2025 contender Sovereignty workouts at Churchill Downs
Kentucky Derby 2025 contender Sovereignty works April 22 at Churchill Downs. Trainer is Bill Mott.
Sovereignty will enter the Kentucky Derby off a runner-up finish in the Florida Derby on March 29
Sovereignty broke his maiden in the Grade 3 Street Sense last October at Churchill Downs
Sovereignty is one of 20 horses expected to enter the 2025 Kentucky Derby on May 3 at Churchill Downs.
Spots for the Run for the Roses are earned by gaining points through a series of Kentucky Derby prep races that began last September.
The post-position draw for the Kentucky Derby is set for Saturday, April 26. Post time for the Kentucky Derby is set for 6:57 p.m. on Saturday, May 3.
Sovereignty will enter the Kentucky Derby off a second-place finish in the Grade 1 Florida Derby on March 29 at Gulfstream Park. He currently ranks sixth on the Kentucky Derby points leaderboard with 110.
Color: Bay.
Bred in: Kentucky.
Sire: Into Mischief.
Dam: Crowned, by Bernardini.
Price tag: Homebred.
Owner: Godolphin (Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum). Godolphin is 0 for 12 in the Derby, best finish coming with Essential Quality (third) in 2021.
Trainer: Bill Mott. He's 1 for 13 in the Derby, winning with Country House (via disqualification) in 2019.
Jockey: Junior Alvarado. He's 0 for 5 in the Derby, best finish coming with Mohaymen (fourth) in 2016.
Record: 2-2-0 in five starts.
Career earnings: $572,800.
Road to the Kentucky Derby points: 110 (No. 6).
Last race: Second in Grade 1 Florida Derby on March 29 at Gulfstream Park, 1 ¼ lengths behind Tappan Street.
Running style: Closer.
Notes: Sovereignty broke his maiden at Churchill Downs, winning the Grade 3 Street Sense on Oct. 27 by 5 lengths over fellow Kentucky Derby contender Tiztastic. Sovereignty won the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth on March 1 at Gulfstream Park in his 3-year-old debut before the runner-up finish in the Florida Derby. … Crowned, Sovereignty's dam, was a $1.2 million yearling purchase at the Keeneland September Sale in 2014 but never raced. … Sovereignty is one of three Into Mischief colts set to run in the Kentucky Derby, joining Tappan Street and Citizen Bull.
What they're saying: 'We were thinking about one race earlier and he had a fever,' Mott said of the horse's 3-year-old debut coming March 1. 'We thought, 'We'll try to map it out so we can get at least two races in him before the Derby.' We missed the first one, but we were able to make the Fountain of Youth and Florida Derby. We got two out of the three.'
Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect a change in jockey.
Last May, NBC Sports announced a partnership with Churchill Downs to present the Kentucky Derby on NBC and Peacock through 2032.
The extension includes multiplatform rights to the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks and Derby and Oaks Day programming, which will be presented on NBC, Peacock, USA Network and additional NBCU platforms.
You can stream the 2025 Kentucky Derby on Fubo and Peacock.
Post time for the 151st Kentucky Derby is set for 6:57 p.m. on Saturday, May 3.
Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@ Follow on X @KentuckyDerbyCJ.
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This story was updated to add a gallery.
