Garden City’s Junior Alvarado continued his amazing year with another big stakes win aboard Sovereignty. Saturday’s victory in the Jim Dandy, added to the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes, keeps the ...

It was more of the same for Sovereignty in the traditional local prep race for the Travers Stakes, as he continued to execute ...

Junior Alvarado reportedly is appealing fine for using riding crop too many times in Kentucky Derby, but HISA spokesperson says jockey hasn't filed.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jockey Junior Alvarado is considering appealing a fine and suspension for using his whip eight times on Sovereignty in winning the Kentucky Derby on May 3. Alvarado was fined ...

Jockey Junior Alvarado triumphs at the Kentucky Derby guiding Sovereignty past rivals, making a memorable comeback after a recent shoulder injury.

Junior Alvarado reacts after winning the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby aboard aboard Sovereignty at Churchill Downs in Louisville on Saturday. It was Alvarado’s first Derby win.

El venezolano Junior Alvarado celebra luego de conquistar con Sovereignty la 151ra edición del Derbi de Kentucky, el sábado 3 de mayo de 2025 (AP foto/Brynn Anderson) By Associated Press Spanish ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Less than two months before the Kentucky Derby, jockey Junior Alvarado was praying to God to heal him. On March 23, Alvarado was riding the horse Term at Gulfstream Park in ...

Junior — his legal first name after his parents listed it as Junior Rafael Alvarado on his birth certificate — came to the U.S. in 2007 as a bug boy (apprentice jockey).

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jockey Junior Alvarado is considering appealing a fine and suspension for using his whip eight times on Sovereignty in winning the Kentucky Derby on May 3. Alvarado was fined ...

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced that veteran jockey Junior Alvarado is the winner of the 2023 Mike Venezia Memorial Award. Alvarado, based this summer at Saratoga Race ...