The winner of the 2025 Kentucky Derby was Sovereignty. The race took place on May 3, 2025, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Sovereignty, ridden by jockey Junior Alvarado and trained by Bill Mott, won the race on a muddy track with a time of 2:02.31, finishing ahead of the favorite, Journalism, by about 1.5 lengths. This marked the first Derby win for jockey Alvarado and owner Godolphin, and the second Derby win for trainer Bill Mott, who previously won in 2019 with Country House. The race had 19 horses competing and was run under challenging weather conditions with a large crowd in attendance