Sovereignty not only won the Derby but did what 2019 winner Country House could not for trainer Bill Mott — he crossed first.

Sovereignty was one of three horses with wins at Churchill Downs on the résumé, joining Owen Almighty and Render Judgment. (Owen Almighty ran fifth Saturday.) After he broke his maiden by five lengths in the Street Sense last Oct. 27, Sovereignty was put on the shelf until his win by a neck over River Thames in the Fountain of Youth.

Sovereignty, who was trained by Bill Mott and ridden by Junior Alvarado, won the 2025 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.