Sovereignty received the 157th working of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday after narrowly edging out Journalism on the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Sovereignty and jockey Junior Alvarado traversed the sphere of eight on a quick Saratoga observe after downpours all through the morning and early afternoon dried up earlier than publish time.
Sovereignty, who was ranked second among the many area of eight horses and had 2/1 odds to win the race, received in 2 minutes, 0.69 seconds, beating Preakness Stakes winner Journalism by three lengths.
Journalism ended up in second once more and Baeza was third — the identical 1-2-3 because the Kentucky Derby.
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Since two totally different horses captured the primary two crown jewels, the Triple Crown wasn’t on the road coming into Saturday’s last leg, however Sovereignty received each of the legs he competed in: the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes. The final horse to win the Triple Crown was Justify in 2018.
Dornoch received the 156th version of the race in 2024, closing as a 17-1 lengthy shot and ending with a time of two:01.64.
Journalism was the one horse to run in all three legs, profitable the Preakness.
The Belmont Stakes historically runs at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, nevertheless it came about at Saratoga Race Course for a second consecutive 12 months because of renovations at Belmont Park, that are projected to price north of $400 million.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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