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.

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, 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 ...

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 ...

Each of the three favorites boasts a remarkable resume in the buildup to the Derby and all of them have established jockeys on board. Journalism is the horse to beat on paper. The current pre-race ...

The jockey who rode Sovereignty to victory at the Kentucky Derby last week has been fined over $60,000 for striking the horse with his riding crop too many times during the race, according to the ...