Sovereignty, dominant among 3-year-olds, makes Triple Crown question an all-time 'what if'

There’s no doubt anymore about the best 3-year-old colt in horse racing.

It’s Sovereignty. And it’s definitive.

But is it fair to ask what might have been?

Sovereignty, the Kentucky Derby winner who skipped the Preakness, was an authoritative winner of Saturday’s Belmont, sweeping past favorite Journalism in the stretch to win, just like he did at Churchill Downs.

That makes Sovereignty the rare horse who won the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes but was denied the chance to be horse racing’s 14th Triple Crown winner because he never contested the Preakness.