Sovereignty, who gained the Kentucky Derby offered by Woodford Reserve and the Belmont Stakes offered by NYRA Bets, is making ready to enter the race as a 4-year-old in 2026, in keeping with Godolphin USA Bloodstock Director Michael Banahan.
Banahan informed FanDuel TV’s Cayton Breder on Saturday that Sovereignty has been galloping in Lexington, Kentucky in current weeks and can be part of Corridor of Fame coach Invoice Mott on the Payson Park Coaching Heart in Indiantown, Florida “early within the new yr.”
“We’ll convey him in with Invoice after which transfer on and hope subsequent yr is nearly as good as this yr,” Banahan stated.
Talking with Breder at Gulfstream Park after successful the Mr. Prospector Stakes at Knightsbridge for Godolphin, Mott stated he hoped Sovereignty would be part of him at Payson in “a few week.”
“That will be a pleasant New 12 months’s present,” Mott added.
Following his Triple Crown heroics, Sovereignty ran two races at Saratoga Race Course, successful the Jim Dandy Stakes Offered by Mohegan Solar and successful the DraftKings Travers Stakes by 10 lengths on August 23. Into Mischief is a robust candidate for subsequent month’s Eclipse Horse of the 12 months and Champion 3-year-old colt.
Sovereignty was the morning line favourite for the Longines Breeders’ Cup Basic at Del Mar on Nov. 1, however was injured with a fever a couple of days earlier than the race.
Sovereignty gained 5 races in six begins in 2025, together with three G1 stakes, and completed second within the Florida Derby hosted by Hill and Dale Farm in Xalapa, incomes $5.692 million. Total, he gained six of his 9 matches and earned $5,835,300.
