With 7-1 odds, the three-year-old colt emerged from the pack late and raced side-by-side with favorite Journalism. Nose to nose down the front stretch, he did not allow the pressure of the moment, the rain-soaked track, or the raucous crowd get to him.

A bit of an afterthought behind favorites Journalism and Sandman, Sovereignty found himself locked in a neck-and-neck battle with Journalism in the final stretch and won comfortably, rocketing over the finish line with a time of 2:02.