Kentucky Derby-winning jockey handed a huge fine to brute his horse too often

The jockey that rode sovereignty in 2025 over the victory Kentucky Derby received a fine of no less than $ 62,000 after it was ruled that he had hit his horse too often during the race.

Junior Alvarado received the news on Friday after a study by the Horse Integrity and Safety Authority, who decided that he had hit his animal eight times during the two -minute race in Churchill Downs.

A limit of six strikes has been applied to the race – a song that already arouses anger from the racing critics – and Alvarado has now been suspended for two upcoming race days in Kentucky on 29 and 30 May.

The jockey showed little regret when he spoke with the media after the news about his ban was revealed, and told Bloodhorse: ‘I didn’t go galloping at 10 [lengths]. When the extra whip happened, I stood next to the favorite and I had to do what I had to do at the time.

‘After [watching a replay]I saw that I was going, but I didn’t have time to think about it [in the moment]. I just wanted to win the biggest race in America! ‘

For each reports, the fine for going 1-3 strikes over the limit, as Alvarado did, is usually 10% of the part of the wallet’s jockey.

Junior Alvarado has received a fine of $ 62,000 and banned for hitting his Kentucky Derby horse horsepower

Alvarado rode sovereignty to victory at Churchill Downs, but hit the horse six times

This week Alvarado was in the Bronx to throw the first throw in the New York Yankees

Alvarados cut from the wallet was $ 310,000, but his $ 31,000 fine was doubled because it is his second fine in less than 180 days.

The jockey was Competing in his sixth Kentucky Derby and the victory of sovereignty marked his first victory.

The limit of six Whip in Kentucky was introduced in 2020 after a wave of horse -killed caused furiously in America.

At Churchill Downs there was a death rate of 2.73 per 1,000 starts, which was assessed as the second highest of 25 tracks with public registers, by Yahoo Sports.

Before the rule was brought in, horses were beaten a remarkable number of times during the famous Kentucky Derby.

In 2015 it was estimated that Triple Crown winner American Pharoah had been beaten by his jockey more than 30 times.