Jockey Junior Alvarado kisses his horse Sovereignty at the barn on June 4, 2025. Jason Szenes for the NY Post. The joyride did not include a chance to win the Triple Crown, ...

Alvarado and Sovereignty came out of Post 16, finishing the 1 ¼-mile race in 2:02.31 — ahead of second-place Journalism. Sovereignty improved to 3-2-0 across six starts with the win. Advertisement ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jockey Junior Alvarado was injured and couldn’t ride Sovereignty in his last prep race for the Kentucky Derby. Alvarado suffered a fractured shoulder in a spill on March 23 ...

Junior Alvarado holds the trophy as he celebrates after riding Sovereignty to victory in the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Louisville ...

Junior Alvarado triumphs in Kentucky Derby with Sovereignty despite recent injury, securing his first Derby win and overcoming race-day challenges. To stream WHAS11 on your phone, you need the ...

Since coming to the U.S. from Venezuela in 2007, jockey Junior Alvarado has compiled an enviable list of accomplishments with more than 2,200 wins including three in the Breeders’ Cup, two on ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Less than two months before the Kentucky Derby, jockey Junior Alvarado was praying to God to heal him. On March 23, Alvarado was riding the horse Term at Gulfstream Park in ...

Junior Alvarado has filed an appeal of the fine and suspension he received for his ride on Sovereignty in the 2025 Kentucky Derby.

El venezolano Junior Alvarado celebra luego de conquistar con Sovereignty la 151ra edición del Derbi de Kentucky, el sábado 3 de mayo de 2025 (AP foto/Brynn Anderson) By Associated Press Spanish ...

Sovereignty, with jockey Junior Alvarado up, leads the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 3, 2025. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader/TNS) ...

Junior Alvarado, 38 years old from Barquisimeto, Venezuela, rode Sovereignty to victory in the 151st Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs.It marked the pair’s fifth start together and ...