Junior Alvarado has filed an appeal of the fine and suspension he received for his ride on Sovereignty in the 2025 Kentucky Derby.

Since HISA came to Arizona and wrestled it into compliance on pre-race vet exams and the voided claim rule, the state's ...

Jockey Junior Alvarado has officially lodged an appeal of the sanctions for his winning ride in the 151st Kentucky Derby ...

Derby-winning jockey Junior Alvarado has appealed his suspension and fine for striking Sovereignty too many times during the ...

Jockey Junior Alvarado has been suspended for two days and fined $62,000 for excessive use of his crop during his ride on ...

Junior Alvarado was granted a stay of suspension on Tuesday while the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) begins the process for hearing his newly-lodged appeal for allegedly using his ...

A Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority report released May 20 that covers the first quarter of 2025 suggests horse ...

The racing-related equine fatality rate for the first quarter of 2025 was 0.85 per 1,000 starts, consistent with the 0.84 ...

Jockey Junior Alvarado, fined $62,000 and suspended two days for violating riding crop rules in guiding Sovereignty to ...

Alvarado exceeded the permissible limit of six whip uses set by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA). Riders must also pause for the horse to respond after every two strikes.

Officials clocked that Alvarado had gone over the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority's (HISA) whip limit, which demands no more than six cracks and insists on a pause for the horse to ...