Posted on 06/07/2025 5:43:59 PM PDT by Libloather
Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty won the 157th Belmont Stakes on Saturday, surging past favored Journalism just as he did at Churchill Downs to finish with two legs of this year's Triple Crown.
After sitting out the Preakness, won in scintillating fashion by Journalism, Sovereignty returned to win the anticipated rematch in convincing fashion, pulling away in the final straight to relegate Journalism to second again.
Baeza was third to complete the repeat of the Kentucky Derby one-two-three.
Italian jockey Umberto Rispoli guided the Michael McCarthy-trained Journalism to the front as they turned for home, closely tracked by Sovereignty -- who was taken wide by jockey Junior Alvarado and powered past to win by three lengths.
Sovereignty, who had given the Godolphin stables a long-awaited first Kentucky Derby victory, became the first horse two win two legs of the Triple Crown since Justify became the 13th horse to sweep all three in 2018.
Michael Banahan, Godolphin USA's director of bloodstock, said the decision to give Sovereignty the five weeks' rest he has become used to paid off with a "fantastic result".
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Sovereignty did run the Preakness because? It is the shortest race of the triple crown, no?
“did not”
From what I gather, it gasses the horse. Not enough time off between races.
I’m not especially interested in horse racing, but any time sovereignty beats journalism it’s a good day.
Live the AP had to run that headl8ne.🤣🤣
Fake News comes up short!
Sovereignty beats Journalism every time. (And I won a tidy sum betting online too).
Yay.
From a handicappers perspective, it was chalk.
They are going to have to put a license plate on the Sovereignty.
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