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Sovereignty and Thorpedo Anna, as you've never seen 'em

To close out the 2025 meet, some quiet moments with 2 of our season's stars, courtesy of photographer Zach Skowronek.

Abby Tegnelia
Sep 02, 2025
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“As steady and quiet as I was, Sovereignty’s sharp ears and peripheral vision picked me up,” says photog Zach Skowronek, who took this photo of Sovereignty the morning after he won the Travers with Junior Alvarado aboard.

Thanks to a new friendship forged with a well-placed and kind worker at the track, photographer Zach Skowronek stumbled upon a chance of a lifetime: capturing the great Sovereignty as he relaxed, grazed and showed off his winner’s blanket after winning the Travers, closing out a triumphant spring and summer that included wins at the Kentucky Derby, Belmont and Jim Dandy, too.

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