Sovereignty outduels 3-1 favorite Journalism to win 151st Kentucky Derby

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Sovereignty outdueled 3-1 favourite Journalism down the agelong to triumph the 151st Kentucky Derby successful the slop connected Saturday.

Trainer Bill Mott won his archetypal Derby successful 2019, besides tally connected a sloppy track, erstwhile Country House was elevated to archetypal aft Maximum Security crossed the decorativeness enactment archetypal and was disqualified aft a 22-minute delay.

This time, helium knew the effect immediately.

Journalism recovered occupation successful the archetypal crook and jockey Umberto Rispoli moved him to the outside. He and Sovereignty hooked up astatine the eighth rod earlier Sovereignty and jockey Junior Alvarado pulled away.

The victor covered 1 1/4 miles successful 2:02.31.

Baeza was third, Final Gambit was 4th and Owen Almighty finished fifth.

Rain made for a soggy day, with the Churchill Downs ungraded portion listed arsenic sloppy and equine racing fans protecting their fancy hats and covering with wide integrative ponchos.

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