Sovereignty defeated a field of 18 challengers to win the 151st Kentucky Derby Saturday evening at Churchill Downs amid soggy conditions. Sovereignty entered the race with 5-to-1 odds.

Godolphin, which entered the Kentucky Derby at the top of the charts in earnings among North American thoroughbred owners in 2025, added a victory in the sport’s biggest race thanks to Sovereignty, the third favorite in the betting odds at 7-1.

Sovereignty won the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby, finishing the 1-1/4-mile race in two minutes and 2.31 seconds. The morning-line favourite Journalism was second while Baeza finished third.