育马者杯经典赛：Sovereignty夺冠为Godolphin赢下首座经典赛奖杯
10月31日，肯塔基州 Lexington 的 Keeneland 赛场，总奖金 700 万美元的一级赛育马者杯经典赛（Breeders' Cup Classic）决出冠军：四岁公马 Sovereignty 以 1 又 4 分之 3 个马位的优势率先冲线，为马主兼育马者 Godolphin 赢下该队在经典赛上的首场胜利。这场胜利也被视为 Sovereignty 竞赛生涯的收官之作。赛马媒体《BloodHorse》报道了本场比赛的结果。
Sovereignty 由骑师 Junior Alvarado 策骑、练马师 Bill Mott 调教，父系为 Into Mischief。它在 1 又 4 分之 1 英里的泥地赛道上以 2 分 00 秒 36 完赛，独得头马奖金 364 万美元。同属 Godolphin 阵营的 Knightsbridge 获得第三名，第二名是 The Puma，日本马 T O Password 第四。
上届冠军、日本代表 Forever Young 此番以 8 比 5 的大热门出战，最终只得第五名。据《Thoroughbred Daily News》报道，这是 Forever Young 生涯首次跌出前三名。
Sovereignty 是 2025 年肯塔基德比冠军，此后还赢下贝尔蒙特锦标与特拉弗斯锦标。它成为第七匹赢得育马者杯经典赛的肯塔基德比冠军，也是 1988 年 Alysheba 之后第一匹以四岁之龄赢下经典赛的德比冠军；在 1 又 4 分之 1 英里的距离上，它保持四战全胜。
对 Godolphin 而言，这场胜利等了 20 次出赛：此前该队共 19 匹赛驹出战经典赛无一胜出。练马师 Bill Mott 则第三次赢下经典赛，此前两次是 1995 年的 Cigar 与 2011 年的 Drosselmeyer，这也是他育马者杯系列赛的第 17 场胜利。Sovereignty 生涯战绩为 13 战 8 胜，总奖金升至 1,051 万 6,550 美元，退役后将转作种马。
Sovereignty Wins Breeders' Cup Classic, Giving Godolphin Its First Classic Trophy
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Sovereignty won the $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) on Oct. 31 at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky, beating The Puma by 1 3/4 lengths to give owner-breeder Godolphin its first victory in the race. The win was billed as the cap to the colt's racing career, according to BloodHorse.
Ridden by Junior Alvarado and trained by Bill Mott, the 4-year-old son of Into Mischief covered 1 1/4 miles on dirt in 2:00.36 and earned $3.64 million. Godolphin stablemate Knightsbridge finished third, Japan's T O Password was fourth, and defending champion Forever Young of Japan, the 8-5 favorite, finished fifth — the first time in his career he had been out of the first three, according to Thoroughbred Daily News.
Sovereignty, the 2025 Kentucky Derby winner who also won the Belmont Stakes and the Travers Stakes, became the seventh Kentucky Derby winner to win the Classic and the first to do so as a 4-year-old since Alysheba in 1988. He is a perfect 4-for-4 at 1 1/4 miles.
Godolphin had sent out 19 previous Classic starters without a win. For Mott, it was a third Classic victory, after Cigar in 1995 and Drosselmeyer in 2011, and his 17th Breeders' Cup win overall. Sovereignty retires to stud with a career record of 8-3-1 from 13 starts and earnings of $10,516,550.
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图片来源：图：位于肯塔基州 Lexington 的 Keeneland 赛场清晨看台，本场育马者杯经典赛的举办地（资料图）。Jason Phillips 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / The grandstand at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky, in the early morning, site of the Breeders' Cup Classic (file photo). Photo by Jason Phillips, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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