Sovereignty, a 3-year-old colt, upset favored Journalism to win the 151st Kentucky Derby on Saturday. The horse was bred and is raced by Godolphin, the global stable owned by Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

On the question about whether freshly crowned Kentucky Derby champion Sovereignty would pursue the Triple Crown at the Preakness on May 17, the human voices closest to the colt carried hints of hesitancy.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller celebrated Sovereignty's Kentucky Derby win over its rival, Journalism.