Sovereignty, winner of the Kentucky Derby Introduced by Woodford Reserve and Belmont Stakes Introduced by NYRA Bets, is making ready to compete in 2026 as a 4-year-old, in line with Godolphin USA director of bloodstock Michael Banahan.
Banahan informed Caton Bredar of FanDuel TV Saturday that Sovereignty has been galloping in Lexington, Ky., over the previous couple of weeks and can be a part of Corridor of Fame coach Invoice Mott’s string at Payson Park Coaching Heart in Indiantown, Fla., “early within the new 12 months.”
“We’ll get him with Invoice after which roll on and hopefully have nearly as good a 12 months subsequent 12 months as we had this 12 months,” Banahan mentioned.
Talking with Bredar at Gulfstream Park after profitable the Mr. Prospector Stakes with Godolphin’s Knightsbridge, Mott mentioned that he hoped Sovereignty would be a part of him at Payson in “a few week.”
“It will be New Yr’s current,” Mott added.
Following his Triple Crown heroics, Sovereignty raced twice at Saratoga Race Course the place he received the Jim Dandy Stakes Introduced by Mohegan Solar earlier than romping by 10 lengths within the DraftKings Travers Stakes Aug. 23. The Into Mischief colt is a number one candidate to obtain Eclipse Awards as Horse of the Yr and champion 3-year-old male subsequent month.
Sovereignty was the morning-line favourite for the Longines Breeders’ Cup Basic Nov. 1 at Del Mar, however scratched just a few days earlier than the race with a fever.
In six 2025 begins, Sovereignty received 5 races, together with three Grade 1 stakes, and was second within the Florida Derby Introduced by Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms at Xalapa for earnings of $5,692,000. Total, he has received six of 9 begins with earnings of $5,835,300.
