The jockey, which led sovereignty to victory in Kentucky Derby 2025, was fine for a fine of $ 62,000 after being tried that he had whipped his horse too many times during the race.
Junior Alvarado received the news on Friday after an investigation by the Horse Integrity and Safety Authority, who decided that he had hit his animal eight times during the two -minute race at Churchill Downs.
There is a limit of six strikes applied to the race – a number which already arouses the fury of the race critics – and Alvarado has now been suspended for two days of racing to Kentucky on May 29 and 30.
The jockey showed little remorse when it was addressed to the media after the news of its ban was revealed, saying to Bloodhorse: “ I was not galloping 10 (lengths). When the additional whip occurred, I was right next to the favorite and I needed to do what I had to do at the time.
“After (looking at a replay), I saw that I went, but I did not have time to think about it (in the moment). I just wanted to win the biggest American race!
According to reports, the penalty for having reached 1-3 strikes on the limit, like Alvarado, is generally 10% of the part of the jockey scholarship.
Junior Alvarado was sentenced to a fine of $ 62,000 and prohibited for whipped his Horse of Kentucky derby
Alvarado led sovereignty to victory at Churchill Downs but whipped the horse six times
This week, Alvarado was in the Bronx to launch the first field at the New York Yankees
The Alvarado Cup of the handbag was $ 310,000, but its fine of $ 31,000 was doubled because it was its second fine in less than 180 days.
The jockey was in competition in its sixth Kentucky Derby, and Sovereignty’s victory marked his first victory.
The limit of six lashes to Kentucky was introduced in 2020 after a series of death deaths triggered the fury across America.
In Churchill Downs, there was a mortality rate of 2.73 per 1,000 departures, which estimated the second higher among the 25 tracks with public archives, by Yahoo Sports.
Before the rule was introduced, the horses were whipped a remarkable number of times during the famous Kentucky Derby.
In 2015, the winner of Triple Crown American Pharoah would have been whipped more than 30 times by his jockey.
