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Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty trained by Mobridge native Bill Mott

Second Derby title for Hall of Fame horse trainer

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Scott Waltman
May 06, 2025
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A Mobridge native trained the horse that won the 2025 Kentucky Derby.

It was the second Kentucky Derby victory for Bill Mott, 71, who started training horses when he was 15 and won the South Dakota Futurity before he graduated from high school.

His horse Sovereignty edged the favorite Journalism on Saturday, May 3 on a muddy track at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

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Scott Waltman is a veteran South Dakota journalist and the managing editor of The Aberdeen Insider.
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