THE Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner Sovereignty begins his late summer quest to seal the champion three-year-old male and possible Horse of the Year titles in the Grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga tonight.

The son of Into Mischief faces four good quality rivals as he bids to follow up his chief rival for top honours, Journalism, who won the Haskell last week, and as he preps for a bigger test in the August 23rd Travers Stakes.