Junior Alvarado, who rode Sovereignty to victory at the Kentucky Derby earlier this month, has been fined and suspended for the overuse of his whip during the race.

Just a few days after winning the Kentucky Derby, Sovereignty was ruled out of running in the Preakness Stakes.

It's the fifth time in seven years that the Preakness gates open without a chance at a Triple Crown. That was only the case once in the previous 33 years.