The 2025 Kentucky Derby, the 151st running of the race, was won by the horse Sovereignty. The race took place on May 3, 2025, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, on a muddy track with 19 horses competing. Sovereignty, ridden by jockey Junior Alvarado and trained by Bill Mott, finished first with a time of 2:02.3, winning by 1.5 lengths over the favorite, Journalism, who came in second. The third-place finisher was Baeza, followed by Final Gambit in fourth and Owen Almighty in fifth
. This marked the first Kentucky Derby win for jockey Junior Alvarado and the second for trainer Bill Mott, whose previous win was in 2019 with Country House after a disqualification. Sovereignty's owner was Godolphin, marking their first Derby victory
. The race featured 19 horses after the late scratches of Rodriguez and Grande. The total purse was $5 million, with Sovereignty earning $3.1 million. Despite poor weather conditions, the event drew an attendance of over 147,000 spectators and set betting handle records
