The Kentucky Derby winner jockey was fined, suspended for excessive use of cultures on sovereignty during the race

The jockey which led sovereignty to victory During the Kentucky Derby, last weekend, received a fine and a suspension for hitting the 3-year-old foal with his driving harvest an excessive quantity during the race.

Jockey Junior Alvarado received a fine of $ 62,000 and suspended two days of coming to Churchill Downs for violating the rules of the Horseness Integrity and Safety Authority, a national organization that regulates sport.

In a decision rendered on Friday, the Kentucky Boards of Stewards, which oversees the rhythm in Kentucky, determined that Alvarado struck sovereignty eight times with his horse riding harvest “, which is more than the authorized amount” under the rules of Hisa, the spokesperson of Hisa, Mandy Minger, told CBS News in a statement on Saturday.

According to the HISA rule, a harvest can only be used six times a maximum during a race.

The fine for such a violation is 10% of the jockey part of the $ 3.1 million handbag. Alvarado pocketed $ 310,000 for the victory, which means that he would get a fine of $ 31,000.

However, this marked the second time in the last 180 days in which Alvarado had violated the rule during the race in Kentucky, which led the commissioners to double the fine under a “increasing penalty structure,” said Minger, which led to the $ 62,000 number, as well as the two -day suspension that will be served at the end of May.

All Jockey harvest fines go to a Jockey mental health program, said Hisa.

Sovereignty belongs to Godolphin – the name of the racing stable of the sovereign of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum – and formed by William Mott. Sovereignty entered the 151st Kentucky Derby at 5-1, but has ahead of the big favorite, journalism, in an exciting finish in muddy and sloppy conditions.

He was announced earlier this week This sovereignty will not take place in the preakness issues on May 17, ending its chances of a triple crown, a feat that has not been achieved since Justify did it in 2018.

However, Mott told journalists that sovereignty should always take place in the Belmont Stakes on June 7, the last race of the triple crown.

Before the May 3 derby, sovereignty had finished second in the Florida Derby in March and won the youth challenge fountain at the start of the month, as well as Street Sense stakes last October.

Alex Sundby contributed to this report.