The 1.5-mile race will feature racehorses Sovereignty and Journalism, the winners of the 2025 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, respectively. Journalism had been the odds favorite (4-1) heading into the Derby, while Sovereignty entered the race at 9-1 odds, but Sovereignty gained the edge in the final moments on the muddy Churchill Downs track.

It a virtual repeat of the Kentucky Derby, Sovereignty ran past Journalism in the stretch run of Saturday's Belmont Stakes to win the final leg of the Triple Crown series.

Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty won the 157th Belmont Stakes on Saturday, surging past favoured Journalism just as he did at Churchill Downs to finish with two legs of this year’s Triple Crown. After sitting out the Preakness,