The victory earned trainer Bill Mott his second Kentucky Derby victory, the first in which his horse crossed the finish line first. He had previously won in 2019 with Country House, but that was via disqualification.

Sovereignty’s victory was the second in the Kentucky Derby for trainer William Mott, who saddled Country House, who won the 2019 Run for the Roses via disqualification. Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. rode his first Kentucky Derby winner. The order of finish for the 151st Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, was:

That’s a fitting mint julep toast for Sovereignty, who won Saturday’s Kentucky Derby on a sloppy track at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., winning in a field of 19 3-year-old colts who chased the $3.1 million prize and a blanket of roses.