Jockey Junior Alvarado suspended for crop use

The jockey who gained the Kentucky Derby has been fined and suspended for utilizing the using crop an excessive amount of throughout the race.

Jockey Junior Alvarado struck Sovereignty, the three-year-old colt that gained the crown, eight occasions throughout the race, officers say.

Laws say a rider might strike a horse a most of six occasions with a crop.

Alvarado was fined $62,000 (£46,600) and suspended for 2 upcoming racing days at Churchill Downs by the Horseracing Integrity and Security Authority.

The high-quality is often 10% of the jockey’s winnings, which was $31,000 from his $310,000 prize – however as a result of it was his second offence the high-quality was doubled, per the foundations.

Sovereignty beat favorite Journalism to win the 151st Kentucky Derby on 3 Could.

It was Alvarado’s first Derby crown, and the primary for Sovereignty’s proprietor, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The horse was skilled by veteran William Mott.