Sovereignty won the Kentucky Derby, finishing Saturday on a rainy track in Louisville, Kentucky.

Of the 19 horses in Colt's journalism that competed in the 151st iconic competition this year, he loved winning. Journalism ranks second. The last popular horse Win the competition In 2018, it was just crossing the finish line.

Victory Venezuelan jockey teenager Alvarado won the Kentucky Derby. Sovereign coach Bill Mott once won the Kentucky Derby, the result of a 2019 disqualification.

The day's game ended up reaching the Kentucky Derby - a 1 1/4 mile race lasted about two minutes. Although the horses who competed in the race completed a series of qualifying races, the oldest and most famous horses in the United States are different because many of the 3-year-olds have not participated in distance before. Many of them also did not go on the track with many other horses, nor did they watch with so many crowds.

“It’s not necessarily a natural thing for a horse,” said Amy Lawyer, president of the horse administration at the University of Louisville Business School. Tell NPR Earlier this week. “So, the many new experiences this horse is going through, which makes it very exciting and really unpredictable.”

Created the "most exciting 2 minutes of exercise" and about 140,000 people watched the horse run at a speed of 35 miles per hour Win $5 million This is one of the most coveted titles for American horse racing. Reported NPR.

Churchill Downs rained on the route to Louisville, leaving muddy tracks for horses crossing. The weather adds another unknown variable because horses respond differently to wet tracks, and some people have never competed in this case.

His Citizen Bull, the decorated but controversial coach, Bob Baffert, has returned to the game this year since the Kentucky Derby banned. Earlier, his Medina Spirit tested positive for drugs after winning the 2021 Kentucky Derby. The horse later collapsed and died during training in 2022. As a result, Churchill Downs paused Baffert's race on the track for three years.

If citizens win citizens, Bavert, who won six Kentucky Derbys, will accomplish "a feat that coaches have never done before," racing industry Molly Rollins Bloody Hand,,,,, Telling NPR earlier this week.

Churchill Downs has also been under scrutiny over the past few years. The famous racecourse closed in 2023 after dying on the track within one month. Rollins told NPR that since then, the track has implemented changes to protect horses, including making the horse's surface safer and ensuring careful observation of the veterinarian's competitive horses during the week before the race. "So far, these changes have proven to work," Rollins said. "There was no collapse during the Derby Week last year."