Jockey Junior Alvarado has been fined $62,000 and suspended two days as the result of excessive crop use during his winning ride on Sovereignty in the Kentucky Derby on May 3 at Churchill Downs.

Jockey Junior Alvarado has been fined $62,000 and suspended two days as the result of excessive crop use during his winning ride on Sovereignty in the Kentucky Derby on May 3 at Churchill Downs.

About five weeks ago, Junior Alvarado was heartbroken. The 38-year-old jockey from Barquisimeto, Venezuela, fractured his shoulder blade in a spill at Gulfstream Park days before the Florida Derby ...

Jockey Junior Alvarado has been fined $62,000 and suspended two days as the result of excessive crop use during his winning ride on Sovereignty in the Kentucky Derby on May 3 at Churchill Downs.

It was Junior Alvarado Day, in recognition of the Garden City Park jockey who won this year’s Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes on his colt Sovereignty, due ...

Junior Alvarado is a 39-year-old jockey from Venezuela who has horse racing in his family's blood. ... Alvarado hadn't won the Kentucky Derby until Saturday's race, ...

Sovereignty bested Journalism on Saturday in a Kentucky Derby rematch to win the 157th Belmont Stakes, and the second hosted at Saratoga.

Kentucky Derby winner, Sovereignty, is set for a rematch with Preakness Stakes winner, Journalism, having finished first and ...

The Belmont Stakes has been a staple of the horse racing season since 1867. Check out all-time winning horses and jockeys now ...

The 157th running of the Belmont Stakes unfolded on Saturday evening, marking the end of the 2025 Triple Crown race series. For the second time in three races, Sovereignty and jockey Junior Alvarado ...

Jockey Junior Alvarado has been fined $62,000 and suspended two days as the result of excessive crop use during his winning ride on Sovereignty in the Kentucky Derby on May 3 at Churchill Downs.

Junior Alvarado is a 39-year-old jockey from Venezuela who has horse racing in his family's blood. ... Alvarado hadn't won the Kentucky Derby until Saturday's race, ...