Junior Alvarado, who rode Sovereignty to victory at the Kentucky Derby earlier this month, has been fined and suspended for the overuse of his whip during the race.

There will be no horse racing Triple Crown this year. Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty will not compete in the Preakness Stakes. Mike Rogers, the executive vice president of 1/ST Racing, which operates the Pimlico Race Course that hosts the Preakness,

Sovereignty, the winner of the 2025 Kentucky Derby, will not race in the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore next week, meaning there will not be a Triple Crown winner for the seventh year in a row.