The race marked a kind of replay of the Kentucky Derby. Sovereignty finished in first, Journalism ended up in second again and Baeza was third — the same 1-2-3 as the Derby.

Sovereignty surges ahead of Journalism to win the 157th running of the Belmont Stakes in a similar repeat of how the race unfolded in the Kentucky Derby.

Sovereignty has done it again, following up his Kentucky Derby win back on May 3 with a victory in the 157th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. Skipping the Preakness Stakes on May 17 — and a chance at the Triple Crown — the Bill Mott-trained horse jockeyed by Junior Alvarado made the most of their time off by finishing first in the 1 1/4 mile,