2025 Kentucky Derby Winner Sovereignty Returns Sat.
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Kentucky Derby and Belmont winner Sovereignty returned from a seven-week rest and cruised to a comfortable one-length decision in the Jim Dandy (G2) at Saratoga, setting himself for the $1.25 million Travers on Aug.
Sovereignty, who won the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes, is a 2-5 favorite in the morning-line odds for the five-horse field
Sovereignty remains the only horse to have defeated Preakness winner Journalism and brought his record to five wins from eight starts, with his sole defeat this year coming when second to Tappan Street in March's Florida Derby.
Journalism - the horse that emerged as Sovereignty's rival on the Triple Crown circuit this year - won last week's Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park. Journalism ran second to Sovereignty in the Derby and Belmont, and won the Preakness, in which Sovereignty didn't run.
Rivals for the last-out Arlington (G3) winner are graded stakes winners Taking Candy, Encino, Komorebino Omoide, and Steal Sunshine
Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Sovereignty leads a group of five horses entered in Saturday's $500,000 Jim Dandy (G2) at Saratoga.
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With the disqualification of trainer Bob Baffert and Medina Spirit, the 2021 Kentucky Derby winner will be Mandaloun, trained by Louisville native Brad Cox.
The Puerto Rican jockey now boasts four Kentucky Derby wins over the last 11 years. As some analysts predicted prior to the race, Medina Spirit got off to a fast start and led the pack early on.
As the track’s parent company looks to build on its already profitable streams of revenue, race attendees could see more ticket options next year and newly renovated areas of the horseracing venue, said Churchill Downs Inc. Preisdent and CEO Bill Carstanjen.