It was Junior Alvarado Day, in recognition of the Garden City Park jockey who won this year’s Kentucky Derby and Preakness ...

Castellano, 47, whose father rode against Alvarado’s father when both were jockeys in Venezuela, is a four-time Eclipse Award ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — No jockey in the nation — perhaps no athlete, for that matter — has seen more ups and downs this spring than Long Island-based Junior Alvarado. He’s been injured falling ...

It's been a magical year so far for jockey Junior Alvarado, who rode Sovereignty (Into Mischief) to victories in the GI Kentucky Derby and the GI Belmont S. They were the first wins in the Triple ...

His father, Rafael Alvarado, was a jockey in Venezuela so Junior Alvarado has been around race tracks since he was about 4. But he started playing baseball when he was 8 and, for a while ...

Jockey Junior Alvarado kisses his horse Sovereignty at the barn on June 4, 2025. Jason Szenes for the NY Post Jockey Junior Alvarado celebrates after winning the Kentucky Derby on May 3.

Ridden by Junior Alvarado, Sovereignty swept past favored Journalism in the stretch and powered to victory. Journalism held on for second, with Baeza getting up for third.

Junior Alvarado recently expressed his feelings after the victory at the 2025 Belmont Stakes. The race was held on Saturday, June 7, at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York.

The respective winner and runner-up in last month's Arlington (G3) at Churchill Downs will meet in a field of nine set for ...