The 151st Kentucky Derby is in the books, and Sovereignty is the winner.
Journalism placed in second and Baeza hit the board in third.
No. 8 Journalism was the morning-line favorite at 3-1, followed by No. 18 Sovereignty at 5-1 and No. 17 Sandman at 6-1.
The Kentucky Derby has been a spot for long shots in recent years, with the previous six winners before today going off with average odds of 33-1.
Two of those champions, Country House and Rich Strike, went off with odds longer than 65-1.
Rich Strike, the 2022 champion, was the second-biggest long shot to ever win the Kentucky Derby with 80-1 odds.
Only the 1913 winner and 91-1 outsider Donerail boasted a bigger price to win.
Mystik Dan won last year’s Kentucky Derby in a wild photo finish.
