Junior Alvarado, the jockey who rode Sovereignty to victory at the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby earlier this month, ...

Sovereignty, a three-year-old colt, beat favorite Journalism to win the 151st Kentucky Derby last weekend. He was bred by ...

Junior Alvarado was given a $62,000 fine and suspended for two upcoming racing days for striking Sovereignty eight times with ...

The reaction to the fining and suspension or jockey Junior Alvarado for exceeding the maximum striking limit in the Kentucky Derby illustrates a horse racing problem.

Venezuelan jockey Junior Alvarado won his first career Kentucky Derby on the back of Sovereignty on May 3 at Churchill Downs.

Sovereignty's jockey Junior Alvarado believes that his $62,000 for excessive whipping in the 2025 Kentucky Derby is "unfair" ...

Junior Alvarado was ordered the suspension and fine for striking Sovereignty too many times with a riding crop during their ...

Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Junior Alvarado has been fined $62,000 (£46,603/€55,094) and suspended for two days for ...

Jockey Junior Alvarado was fined $62,000 and suspended 2 days for using his riding crop too many times during his Kentucky ...

The jockey who rode Sovereignty to victory at last weekend's Kentucky Derby has been issued a fine ... doubling the fine under an "escalating penalty structure," Minger explained, resulting ...

Junior Alvarado rode Sovereignty to victory in the Kentucky Derby, but the jockey now faces a hefty fine and a suspension.

The jockey who rode Kentucky Derby-winning horse Sovereignty last week is facing a hefty fine and brief suspension, according ...