No jockey in the nation — perhaps no athlete, for that matter — has seen more ups and downs this spring than Long ...

Junior Alvarado used his riding crop on Sovereignty "more than the permitted amount" during the race last week, according to the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.

On Friday, a tribunal dedicated to horse safety found that Sovereignty's run — or, more specifically, the actions of his jockey — didn't quite meet standards. The Horse and Safety Authority ...

Nothing — not the jockey’s old injury, not the old trainer’s confidence — got in the way of their belief in each other. So, on Saturday, the trainer, the rider and the horse put it all ...

Junior Alvarado, jockey of Kentucky Derby-winning horse Sovereignty, was fined $62,000 by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority on Friday for striking his horse with his riding crop too ...

Junior Alvarado, the jockey who rode Sovereignty to victory at the 2025 Kentucky Derby, was fined $62,000 on Friday after the Horse Integrity and Safety Authority ruled he had whipped his horse ...