Junior Alvarado, the jockey who rode Sovereignty to victory at the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby earlier this month, ...

Junior Alvarado was given a $62,000 fine and suspended for two upcoming racing days for striking Sovereignty eight times with ...

Sovereignty, a three-year-old colt, beat favorite Journalism to win the 151st Kentucky Derby last weekend. He was bred by ...

The penalty is 10% of the jockey’s earnings from the race – which would be $31,000 for the Kentucky Derby – and a one-day ...

The reaction to the fining and suspension or jockey Junior Alvarado for exceeding the maximum striking limit in the Kentucky Derby illustrates a horse racing problem.

Venezuelan jockey Junior Alvarado won his first career Kentucky Derby on the back of Sovereignty on May 3 at Churchill Downs.

Jockey Junior Alvarado is considering appealing a fine and suspension for using his whip eight times on Sovereignty.

Junior Alvarado was ordered the suspension and fine for striking Sovereignty too many times with a riding crop during their ...

The jockey who rode Sovereignty to victory at last weekend's Kentucky Derby has been issued a fine ... doubling the fine under an "escalating penalty structure," Minger explained, resulting ...

Junior Alvarado is appealing fine, suspension for using riding crop too many times in Kentucky Derby ride on Sovereignty, ...

(NEXSTAR/WDKY) – Junior Alvarado, the jockey who rode Sovereignty to victory at the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby earlier this ... announced the penalties on Friday after a hearing by ...

The jockey who rode Sovereignty to victory at the Kentucky Derby last week has been fined ... it said in a statement Saturday. A penalty was imposed against Alvarado on Friday for committing ...