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Trainer Bill Mott during morning workouts on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, days before winning the 151st Kentucky Derby with horse Sovereignty. (Ariana Shchuka)
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On Sunday, trainer Bill Mott talked like a man who was not determined to run Sovereignty, the Kentucky Derby winner, in the Preakness Stakes.
Sovereignty skipped the Preakness and won the Belmont during Triple Crown season. He was forced to miss the Breeders’ Cup Classic because of a fever.