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Kentucky Derby, Mott and Sovereignty

With Sovereignty’s Kentucky Derby win, trainer Bill Mott finally sees his horse cross first

Sovereignty not only won the Derby but did what 2019 winner Country House could not for trainer Bill Mott — he crossed first.

Lexington Herald-Leader on MSN · 4d

Sovereignty goes beyond a trainer’s wildest dreams by winning Kentucky Derby 151

Sovereignty was one of three horses with wins at Churchill Downs on the résumé, joining Owen Almighty and Render Judgment. (Owen Almighty ran fifth Saturday.) After he broke his maiden by five lengths in the Street Sense last Oct. 27, Sovereignty was put on the shelf until his win by a neck over River Thames in the Fountain of Youth.

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USA TODAY · 6d

Bill Mott's Kentucky Derby win with Sovereignty is exclamation point on trainer's resume

Bill Mott won Kentucky Derby 2025 with Sovereignty. It's the second Derby win for the trainer but first where his horse crossed the finish line first.

Paulick Report on MSN2d

Team Bill Mott Still Relishing 'Unbelievable' Kentucky Derby Victory

As part of the barn’s post-Derby tradition, Kenny McCarthy brought the garland of roses to Bambi Bar on Bardstown Road ...

BloodHorse1d

Mott's Career Now Capped by Uncluttered Derby Score

There also was plenty of room on the Derby winner's stand for Jack Van Berg, the late Hall of Famer who entrusted assistant ...

3don MSN

Who won the Kentucky Derby? Sovereignty jockey Junior Alvarado, Bill Mott, owner Godolphin

Who won the Kentucky Derby? Here's what to know about the Kentucky Derby winners: horse, Sovereignty; jockey, Junior Alvarado ...

Hot Springs Sentinel-Record16m

Derby 151: formful race not without talking points

Look for Lukas in the news during Preakness week in Baltimore, in that Oaklawn-raced Seize the Grey won the race last year with Derby winner Mystik Dan second. Aptly named American Promise fits the ...

Who won the 2025 Kentucky Derby? Full results and payouts

Three-year-old colt Sovereignty, listed at 9-1 odds at post time, won the 151st Kentucky Derby in 2:02.3 on a rainy Saturday ...

The Kentucky Derby was won by a jockey and a horse who wouldn’t take no for an answer

Sovereignty, at 9-1 and with Alvarado aboard, won the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, ...

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