Sovereignty, a 3-year-old colt, upset favored Journalism to win the 151st Kentucky Derby on Saturday. The horse was bred and is raced by Godolphin, the global stable owned by Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

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Junior Alvarado, Sovereignty's jockey, picked up his first Kentucky Derby win with the victory, while Sovereignty's trainer, William I. Mott, earns his second win at the event. Racehorse Sovereignty wins the 2025 Kentucky Derby.