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Reporter Jason Frakes explains how trainer Bill Mott won his second Kentucky Derby, this time leaving no question about the validity of the victory. Columnist C.L. Brown added additional context ...
It was Junior Alvarado Day, in recognition of the Garden City Park jockey who won this year’s Kentucky Derby and Preakness ...
No jockey in the nation — perhaps no athlete, for that matter — has seen more ups and downs this spring than Long Island-based Junior Alvarado.
Junior Alvarado is a 39-year-old jockey from Venezuela ... However, despite that success, Alvarado hadn't won the Kentucky Derby until Saturday's race, which also marked his first-ever Triple ...
Castellano, 47, whose father rode against Alvarado’s father when both were jockeys in Venezuela, is a four-time Eclipse Award ...
With Long Island-based jockey Junior Alvarado aboard, Sovereignty overtook Journalism in the stretch and ran away to a ...
The longstanding Williston Park diner, owned by the Sarfs horse racing family, sponsored jockey Junior Alvarado on ...
Hildebrandt's of Williston Park sponsored the winning rider in each Triple Crown race, including Garden City's Junior ...
After the Derby win, the Godolphin-owned 3-year-old opted out of the Preakness to focus on the Belmont, forfeiting a shot at ...
Junior Alvarado etched his name into horse racing history Saturday, guiding Sovereignty to victory in the 157th running of the Belmont Stakes... th ...
Sovereignty bested Journalism in a Kentucky Derby rematch to win the 157th Belmont Stakes, the second hosted at Saratoga. Sovereignty and jockey Junior Alvarado traversed the field of eight on ...