Saratoga Springs, N.Y. — Sovereignty bested Journalism on Saturday in a Kentucky Derby rematch to win the 157th Belmont Stakes, the second hosted at Saratoga. Sovereignty and jockey Junior Alvarado traversed the field of eight on a fast Saratoga track after downpours throughout the morning and early afternoon dried up before post time.

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Fourteen winners of the Belmont Stakes went on to run in Monmouth Park's Haskell Stakes - including a few who swept the two races.

When the regally bred and named SOVEREIGNTY (c, 3, Into Mischief–Crowned, by Bernardini) won the GI Kentucky Derby some 35 days ago, he was one of the great overlays of recent memory off his previous body of work and returned nearly $18 to his backers.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Sovereignty bested Journalism on Saturday in a Kentucky Derby rematch to win the 157th Belmont Stakes, and the second hosted at Saratoga. Sovereignty and jockey Junior Alvarado traversed the field of eight on a fast Saratoga track ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky Derby Festival events wrapped up over a month ago but there was one more that had a chance to make families smile. Saturday was the first ever Zoeller Pump Company Parade Fest on Cane Run Road in southwest Louisville.

Junior Alvarado secured his first Kentucky Derby victory in six attempts with last month's Sovereignty triumph, yet has been faced with dilemmas ever since he crossed the finish line

Burnham Square Has 'Put On Weight' Since Troubled Kentucky Derby Trip originally appeared on Paulick Report.