Triple Crown Odds: Sovereignty Bypasses Chance to Join Legendary Club

There are no longer Triple Crown odds on the board after the connections of 2025 Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty decided to skip the Preakness Stakes and point to the Belmont Stakes.

Robert Criscola - Contributor at Covers.com
Robert Criscola • Publishing Editor
May 6, 2025 • 14:52 ET
Sovereignty Kentucky Derby horse racing
Photo By - Imagn Images. Junior Alvarado aboard Sovereignty after winning the Kentucky Derby.

Sovereignty will not become the 14th horse to win the American Triple Crown of horse racing despite capturing the 2025 Kentucky Derby.

His camp has decided to bypass the Preakness Stakes on May 17 and target the Belmont Stakes on June 7. As a result, 2025 Triple Crown odds are off the board.

Triple Crown odds

Sovereignty re-opened at +700 to win the 2025 Triple Crown after taking the 151st Kentucky Derby, with no odds offered on a "No" option. But this market is now off the board following the announcement that Sovereignty would skip the Preakness and point to the Belmont.

Past Triple Crown winners

There have been 13 Triple Crown winners in history, with two coming since 2015.

Year Horse Trainer
2018 Justify Bob Baffert
2015 American Pharoah Bob Baffert
1978 Affirmed Laz Barrera
1977 Seattle Slew William H. Turner, Jr.
1973 Secretariat Lucien Laurin
1948 Citation Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones
1946 Assault Max Hirsch
1943 Count Fleet Don Cameron
1941 Whirlaway Ben A. Jones
1937 War Admiral George Conway
1935 Omaha Jim Fitzsimmons
1930 Gallant Fox Jim Fitzsimmons
1919 Sir Barton H. Guy Bedwell

What is the Triple Crown?

For those not familiar with U.S. horse racing, the Triple Crown is the top honor awarded each year and goes to the three-year-old Thoroughbred horse who wins each of the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes.

The Triple Crown was first available to be won in 1875 but it wasn't until 1919 that it was first awarded as horse Sir Barton was able to win all three races.

The Triple Crown is usually awarded in June following the completion of the Belmont Stakes. 

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Robert M. Criscola’s road to becoming a Covers publishing editor began with an internship at Metro New York, which eventually turned into a freelance job at MetroBet covering many sports from a wagering angle, including horse racing. He continued to focus on “The Sport of Kings” by writing for shapperdacapper.com, danonymousracing.com, and informer.fanxt.com before joining the team at the TwinSpires Edge in 2019 as a regular contributor and weekend editor. “Crisco” began writing game previews for Covers in 2022 and joined the editing team in 2023.

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