Overview
- Sovereignty crossed the wire in 2:00.69 to win the 157th Belmont Stakes by three lengths on June 7 at Saratoga Springs, New York.
- After capturing the Kentucky Derby on May 3, Sovereignty skipped the Preakness to prepare for the Belmont, conceding that leg to Journalism.
- The top three finishers—Sovereignty, Journalism and Baeza—matched their Kentucky Derby order in a repeat of the Derby rematch.
- Junior Alvarado steered Sovereignty to his first Belmont victory under Hall of Famer Bill Mott’s training.
- Journalism was the only horse to contest all three Triple Crown races in 2025, finishing second in both the Derby and Belmont around his Preakness triumph.