Sovereignty won the neck-and-neck race with Journalism down the final stretch of the Kentucky Derby. The horse produced a second Derby win for trainer William I. Mott and the first Derby victory for jockey Junior Alvarado. Mott won his other Derby title with Country House in 2019, but that victory came after Maximum Security was disqualified.

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:

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.