Kentucky Derby 2025: Sovereignty wins Run of the Roses

Sovereignty took home the Kentucky Derby on Saturday in Louisville.

It was a wet day at Churchill Downs, as fans filled the stands with ponchos in the rain.

Journalism was the morningline favorite at 3-1.

General view prior to the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 06, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Saturday marked the return of Bob Baffert at the Run of the Roses after missing each of the previous three races due to a suspension from 2021 Derby winner Medina Spirit’s failed a drug test (the horse died that December).

According to The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky, all the horses who ran the race are descendants of the famed racehorse Secretariat.

A general view of Churchill Downs ahead of the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby on May 06, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky.  (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Secretariat sired more than 660 registered foals during the horse’s life. He won the Derby with a time of 1:59.40, a record that’s yet to be beaten.

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