After skipping the Preakness, what is expected from Sovereignty in the Belmont?

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2025 Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty returns to racing in the Belmont Stakes.

Sovereignty is second in the morning line odds for the Belmont, behind Journalism.

Sovereignty will have a five-week break between the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes.

After several weeks of debate, the 2025 Kentucky Derby winner is back in horse racing’s spotlight.

Sovereignty, whose connections opted to not run him in the Preakness Stakes, is back for the final race of the 2025 Triple Crown season.

The Bill Mott trainee is one of eight horses that will run in Saturday night’s Grade 1, $2 million Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Much was made of the decision from Mott and Godolphin — Sove