Alvarado whipped the bay colt eight times during the race, above the maximum six allowed by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.

Sovereignty, the winner of the 2025 Kentucky Derby, will not race in the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore next week, meaning there will not be a Triple Crown winner for the seventh year in a row.

There will be no horse racing Triple Crown this year. Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty will not compete in the Preakness Stakes. Mike Rogers, the executive vice president of 1/ST Racing, which operates the Pimlico Race Course that hosts the Preakness,