THE Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner Sovereignty showed no ill effect from the Triple Crown season as he returned to action against what looked a competitive field in the Grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga last Saturday.

In his prep for the August 23rd Grade 1 Travers Stakes, the “Midsummer Derby”, back at this track, he powered to a length victory over Baeza, who had finished third to him in the Derby and Belmont Stakes.