Junior Alvarado was given a $62,000 fine and suspended for two upcoming racing days for striking Sovereignty eight times with his riding crop during the Kentucky Derby.

On the first Saturday in May, Sovereignty won the Kentucky Derby in front of 147,406 people at Churchill Downs.

Just a few days after winning the Kentucky Derby, Sovereignty was ruled out of running in the Preakness Stakes.

Sovereignty, winner of the Kentucky Derby (G1), will not run in the May 17 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course. Instead, he will be pointed toward the June 7 Belmont Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.

Not every trainer is convinced bypassing the Preakness is the prudent path to follow with a top 3-year-old colt.

Journalism and Baeza, who placed second and third at the Kentucky Derby, respectively, are not yet confirmed to be racing in the Preakness and Belmont Stakes. Sovereignty was initially an 8-5 ...

The Kentucky Derby betting favorite on May 3 is the morning-line favorite for the Preakness Stakes on Saturday. But the colt that won the Kentucky Derby isn’t at the Preakness Stakes.

There will be no Triple Crown winner this year after Soverignty's trainer, Bill Mott, told Preakness Stakes officials he will not run at Pimlico Race Course.

There will be no Triple Crown winner in horse racing this year. Sovereignty, the three-year-old thoroughbred who won the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, will not race in the Preakness Stakes – the second leg of the three races that make up the Triple Crown.

On Sirius XM show, Russo calls racing a "sport dying for some juice! It's got three days a year where it has a little energy.'