Junior Alvarado secured his first Kentucky Derby victory in six attempts with last month's Sovereignty triumph, yet has been ...

the 38-year-old rider said he only realized he had exceeded the permitted whip use when rewatching the race. “I couldn’t keep track of that,” the Venezuelan rider told horse racing website, ...

However, the jockey is now being scrutinized for his treatment of Sovereignty during the race. According to "Bloodhorse," Alvarado faces a fine for "excessive use of the whip" on the horse.

Why would the jockey do anything to jeopardize this ... Maybe he just can't stop himself. The whip also confuses the horse. Here he is, doing everything perfect throughout the race, now coming ...

On Friday, a tribunal dedicated to horse safety found ... Riders who violate the six-whip limit typically receive a $250 fine or 10% deduction of the jockey's portion of the purse — whichever ...

The jockey reportedly used his crop seven times aboard winner Deterministic, once over HISA's six-strike limit ...

Junior Alvarado, the jockey who rode Sovereignty to victory ... half and beat out favorite Journalism in a two-horse finish. Kentucky's six-whip limit was instituted in 2020, in response to ...

Horse racing ... Use” by winning jockey Junior Alvarado. According to Sean Collins of Bloodhorse, Alvarado struck Sovereignty “at least seven times [with his whip], surpassing the Horseracing ...

A jockey has been warned she is in danger of getting a huge ban unless she stops committing whip offences. Nicola Currie is one of Britain’s top female riders who has ridden 236 winners and ...

No jockey in the nation — perhaps no athlete, for that matter — has seen more ups and downs this spring than Long ...