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.

ROYAL Ascot jockey Gary Carroll has been banned and fined – days after winning the biggest race of his life. Carroll steered ...

Sovereignty's jockey, Junior Alvarado, was handed a $62,000 fine and a two-race suspension after leveling eight strikes at his humble steed — two more than the legal limit.

Junior Alvarado, the jockey who rode Sovereignty to victory at the 2025 Kentucky Derby, was fined $62,000 on Friday after the Horse Integrity and Safety Authority ruled he had whipped his horse ...

Jockey Gary Carroll will not be able to ride surprise Coronation Stakes winner Cercene if connections go ahead with plans to ...

Carroll struck Cercene two times over the six-strike limit when winning the Group 1 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot ...

The jockey will serve a two-day suspension and pay a $5,200 fine for striking Soul of an Angel one time over the limit in the ...

Jockey Megan Jordan won her body weight in champagne with a gravity-defying ride last weekend but had victory taken away from ...

Just like any other animal, horses feel pain, which is why more needs to be done to minimise the use of whips.

Field Of Gold surged to a spectacular victory in the St James's Palace Stakes at Ascot. The 8-11 favourite, under Colin Keane ...

When the extra whip happened, I was right next to the favorite and I needed to do what I needed to do at the time," Alvarado, who's been a jockey since 2007, said.