Will Sovereignty run in the Preakness Stakes after winning the 2025 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs? Bill Mott on the second leg of the Triple Crown

Sovereignty boasts a pedigree that includes three of the greatest thoroughbreds in history: Secretariat (Triple Crown champion in 1973), Seattle Slew (Triple Crown winner in 1977), and Affirmed (Triple Crown victor in 1978), per Courier Journal.

Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott drew a crowd Sunday morning at Barn 19 at as he and Godolphin’s director of bloodstock Michael Banahan reviewed the previous day’s proceedings at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. And major proceedings they were.