Jockey Junior Alvarado has officially lodged an appeal of the sanctions for his winning ride in the 151st Kentucky Derby ...

Jockey Junior Alvarado has been suspended for two days and fined $62,000 for excessive use of his crop during his ride on ...

Jockey Junior Alvarado, fined $62,000 and suspended two days for violating riding crop rules in guiding Sovereignty to ...

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

The winning jockey of the 151st Kentucky Derby receives a massive fine after violating a major rule in the iconic race.

Junior Alvarado, the jockey who rode Sovereignty to victory at the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby earlier this month, ...

The Kentucky Derby winner gets $3.1 million, and the jockey usually receives a $310,000 payout, making the fine an estimated $31,000. "I wasn't galloping by 10 (lengths). When the extra whip ...

Sovereignty delivered his usual closing kick in the slop, outdueled favorite Journalism in the stretch, and won the $5 million 2025 Kentucky ... second Derby victory for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott ...

The horse that wins the Kentucky Derby is credited with the win, but a horse can't take any money home for itself — can it? In many ways, horse racing is a team sport. Between a jockey ...

The Kentucky Derby hadn’t been kind to Junior Alvarado ... Nothing — not the jockey’s old injury, not the old trainer’s confidence — got in the way of their belief in each other.

The last time trainer Bill Mott won the Kentucky Derby he had to wait ... It was the first Derby win for jockey Junior Alvarado. It was also his first win in a Triple Crown race.

Sovereignty, with jockey Junior Alvarado aboard ... Here's a breakdown of what the purse for this year's Kentucky Derby is: For standing room only tickets and general admission, the prices ...