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Sovereignty won the 2026 Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland on October 31, defeating The Puma with stablemate Knightsbridge finishing third. The 4-year-old colt, trained by Bill Mott and ridden by Junior Alvarado, completed the 1-1/4-mile race in 2 minutes and 0.36 seconds, securing a victory by a length and three-quarters. Sovereignty, who had been scratched from the previous year's Classic due to a fever, returned to top form with a win in the Whitney Stakes before this triumph. The victory marked Godolphin's first win in the Classic under their blue silks and was Mott's third win in the event.
Forever Young, the 2025 Classic winner, finished fifth, while Golden Tempo, winner of the 2026 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes, failed to challenge and placed sixth. Sovereignty had won the 2025 Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes and Travers Stakes before being named Horse of the Year. Alvarado, who has ridden Sovereignty in 12 of his 13 races, praised the horse's performance and credited the Godolphin team for keeping him in training.
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