Junior Alvarado’s “Year of Firsts” almost didn’t get off the ground – because he was lying on it. It was the last race at Gulfstream Park on March 23, less than one week before Alvarado would ride ...

Laoban gelding made amends for his last-out second and added a second stakes victory to his record when holding off Tiz ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — 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 ...

In the paddock before every race, and walking back to the jock's room after unsaddling, a racehorse's jockey and trainer can often be spotted having conversations about the horse and their effort. But ...

This year, June 18 wasn’t just any ordinary Wednesday. It was Junior Alvarado Day, in recognition of the Garden City Park jockey who won this year’s Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes on his colt ...

Junior Alvarado, who rode Sovereignty to victory at the Kentucky Derby earlier this month, has been fined and suspended for the overuse of his whip during the race. Alvarado was found to have used his ...

(NEXSTAR/WDKY) – Junior Alvarado, the jockey who rode Sovereignty to victory at the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby earlier this month, has been issued a suspension and ordered to pay a hefty fine ...

A little more than five weeks ago, imagining himself seated at a table at a fine Venezuelan restaurant in Brooklyn that was doubling as a television studio discussing his craft with Hall of Fame ...

Jockey Junior Alvarado is all smiles as he holds the Man o' War Cup after Sovereignty won the 156th running of the Travers at the Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. Jockey Junior ...

The jockey who rode Kentucky Derby-winning horse Sovereignty last week is facing a hefty fine and brief suspension, according to reports. Junior Alvarado, 38, was fined $62,000 by the Horseracing ...

The jockey who rode Sovereignty to victory at the Kentucky Derby last week has been fined over $60,000 for striking the horse with his riding crop too many times during the race, according to the ...