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.

Castellano, 47, whose father rode against Alvarado’s father when both were jockeys in Venezuela, is a four-time Eclipse Award ...

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 ...

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 ...

The race marked a kind of replay of the Kentucky Derby. Sovereignty finished in first, Journalism ended up in second again ...

Hildebrandt's of Williston Park sponsored the winning rider in each Triple Crown race, including Garden City's Junior ...

Junior Alvarado recently expressed his feelings after the victory at the 2025 Belmont Stakes. The race was held on Saturday, June 7, at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York.

After the Derby win, the Godolphin-owned 3-year-old opted out of the Preakness to focus on the Belmont, forfeiting a shot at ...

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 ...