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Jockey Junior Alvarado savoring Sovereignty’s run in roller-coaster spring ahead of Belmont Stakes

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Long Island -based Junior Alvarado has seen more ups and downs this spring than any athlete.

He's been injured falling off a horse that suffered a heart attack, won the Kentucky Derby aboard Sovereignty.

The 39-year-old jockey has been fined and suspended for alleged whip abuse in that life-changing triumph.

He says he believes the horse has the best in the Belmont Stakes .

“He’s very smart,” Alvarado said of Sovereignty . “He lets me know. He tells me when he’s ready. At a certain point in the race, he kind of jumps on it and, Hey, I’m ready to go.’ After that you just take the reins and guide him and most of the time he’s there for me.”.

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