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Golden Tempo, fresh off his Kentucky Derby win, edged Commandment by 1¼ lengths to win the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga, with Jose Ortiz aboard for trainer Cherie DeVaux. The victory makes DeVaux the first woman to win two Triple Crown races, and it marked the second straight year a Derby winner has captured Belmont after skipping the Preakness.
Golden Tempo, with jockey Jose Ortiz and trained by Cherie DeVaux, won the 158th Belmont Stakes in Saratoga Springs, continuing momentum after their Kentucky Derby victory.
Golden Tempo, trained by Cherie DeVaux and ridden by Jose Ortiz, won the 152nd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, making DeVaux the first female trainer to win the Derby. The 3-year-old bay colt edged past favorite Renegade in the final stretch over 1 1/8 miles, giving Ortiz his first Derby win after 11 attempts. The field was reduced by scratches, and track conditions were fast in cooler weather.
Always a Runner surged to win the 152nd Kentucky Oaks in prime-time under the lights, overcoming pneumonia as a 2-year-old; ridden by Jose Ortiz for trainer Chad Brown, she edged Explora and Meaning to win, paying $13.04. Brown eyes a Derby double with Emerging Market, another pneumonia survivor.