Overview

• Sovereignty overcame a traffic jam to surge from last place and capture the $500,000 Jim Dandy Stakes by a length
• The 2-5 morning-line favorite, ridden by Junior Alvarado, covered the 1 1/8-mile distance in 1:49.52
• Baeza finished second, Hill Road was third, Mo Plex came fourth and blinkered Sandman trailed in fifth
• Bill Mott reported that Sovereignty thrived on a seven-week rest and Saratoga training regimen ahead of the comeback
• Godolphin’s champion heads to the Grade I Travers Stakes at Saratoga as the next step in his summer campaign