Sovereignty outduels favorite down stretch in LouisvilleBaeza was third while Final Gambit came in fourth
Sovereignty won the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky, in a thrilling fight to the finish line on Saturday to capture the first leg of US thoroughbred racing’s famed Triple Crown.
The bay colt thrived in the wet and sloppy conditions at Churchill Downs to finish the one-and-a-quarter-mile race in two minutes and 2.31 seconds, beating the heavy favorite Journalism down the final stretch.
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