Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty won the 157th Belmont Stakes on Saturday, surging past favored Journalism just as he did at Churchill Downs to finish with two legs of this year’s Triple Crown.

After sitting out the Preakness, won in scintillating fashion by Journalism, Sovereignty returned to win the anticipated rematch in convincing fashion, pulling away in the final straight to relegate Journalism to second again.

Baeza was third to complete the repeat of the Kentucky Derby one-two-three.

Italian jockey Umberto Rispoli guided the Michael McCarthy-trained Journalism to the front as they turned for home, closely tracked by Sovereignty — who was taken wide by jockey Junior Alvarado and powered past to win by three lengths.

Sovereignty, who had given the Godolphin stables a long-awaite

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