Follow the final results for Venezuelan jockey Junior Alvarado and Chief Wallabee in the 2026 Kentucky Derby. Find out where ...

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority fined Junior Alvarado $62,000 and suspended him for two days. Alvarado used his crop eight times, exceeding the permitted six strikes, resulting in a ...

About five weeks ago, Junior Alvarado was heartbroken. The 38-year-old jockey from Barquisimeto, Venezuela, fractured his shoulder blade in a spill at Gulfstream Park days before the Florida Derby.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Temporarily sidelined by a hard fall, jockey Junior Alvarado put it behind him with the ride of a lifetime in the Kentucky Derby. Most satisfying was guiding Sovereignty past other ...

On March 23, Junior Alvarado was riding a horse named Term in the 10th race at Florida’s Gulfstream Park when things went horribly awry. As the race was running, Term suffered a heart attack. The ...