LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Sovereignty came into the Travers Stakes as the top-rated 3-year-old in the country, and will leave with his sights on bigger superlatives than that.

The Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner ran away from the field Saturday at Saratoga, delivering a breathtaking 10-length victory in the $1.25 million Grade 1 Travers Stakes, becoming the first horse since Thunder Gulch in 1995 to sweep America’s most prestigious trio of summer races – the Belmont, Jim Dandy and Travers.

By the time jockey Junior Alvarado let the colt loose at the top of the stretch, there was nothing left to settle — only admiration to offer.

“We are witnessing greatness,” track announcer Frank Mirahmadi declared as Sovereignty widened his margin with ease. “Sovereignty is pouring it on!”

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