Kentucky Derby winner, Sovereignty, is set for a rematch with Preakness Stakes winner, Journalism, having finished first and second, respectively, in the first leg of the Triple Crown. Journalism was originally favored to win the 2025 Kentucky Derby with 5-1 morning line odds.

Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty added a second leg of the Triple Crown by winning the 2025 Belmont Stakes in much the same fashion as he did the Derby on Saturday. In what looke

The victory means that Sovereignty won two of the three races in this year’s Triple Crown series. Sovereignty is the first horse to win both the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes since 2018, when Justify did it as part of his Triple Crown-winning campaign.