Bill Mott won Kentucky Derby 2025 with Sovereignty. It's the second Derby win for the trainer but first where his horse crossed the finish line first.

Sovereignty was one of three horses with wins at Churchill Downs on the résumé, joining Owen Almighty and Render Judgment. (Owen Almighty ran fifth Saturday.) After he broke his maiden by five lengths in the Street Sense last Oct. 27, Sovereignty was put on the shelf until his win by a neck over River Thames in the Fountain of Youth.