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Cherie DeVaux becomes the first female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby with Golden Tempo, a historic breakthrough earned through years of hard work in a male-dominated sport, guided by meticulous planning and a focus on merit over gender.
Golden Tempo, the winner of the 152nd Kentucky Derby, will skip the Preakness Stakes and likely end his Triple Crown bid this year, with a Belmont Stakes appearance on June 6 still a possibility per trainer Cherie DeVaux.
Derby winner Golden Tempo will skip the Preakness and aim for the Belmont, continuing a trend of Derby winners omitting the second leg and fueling renewed discussion about the Triple Crown calendar and rest periods for horses, with potential implications for Belmont timing and NBC viewership.
Golden Tempo will not race in the 2026 Preakness and will instead train for the Belmont Stakes after winning the Kentucky Derby, ensuring no Triple Crown winner this year and fueling debate over the Derby-Preakness calendar amid Pimlico renovations and rights talks.
Derby winner Golden Tempo will skip the Preakness to focus on a Belmont Stakes bid in June, trainer Cherie DeVaux said after the Derby win. The decision follows a pattern of Derby winners not racing in the middle leg since 2018 and comes amid ongoing talks about potential changes to the Triple Crown schedule and its TV rights, with Belmont now the likely next target for the colt.
Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo will bypass the Preakness to point toward the Belmont Stakes, prioritizing the horse's health and long-term future. Ocelli is the only Derby runner currently committed to the Preakness as racing discussions around the Triple Crown spacing continue.
Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo will skip the Preakness and not pursue the Triple Crown, with trainer Cherie DeVaux citing health and long-term goals; the team signaled a Belmont Stakes bid, following a pattern where the prior Derby winner Sovereignty skipped the Preakness and later won the Belmont.
Golden Tempo, the winner of the 152nd Kentucky Derby ridden by Jose L. Ortiz, will not run in the Preakness Stakes, according to AP updates dated May 6, 2026; the article notes the Derby win but does not provide a reason or a next target for the horse.
Cherie DeVaux became the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner with Golden Tempo, but taxes will trim the $3.1 million first‑place purse. Both DeVaux and jockey Jose Ortiz are entitled to 10% of the winnings ($310,000 each); after deductions, Ortiz’s take‑home is about $208,320 post‑tax, while DeVaux would receive about $297,600 after taxes. The historic victory is celebrated, but the prize money is noticeably reduced by taxation.
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Cherie DeVaux became the first female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby, guiding Golden Tempo to a neck victory with jockey Jose Ortiz. The historic win helped NBC and Peacock average a record 19.6 million viewers for the Derby, peaking at 24.4 million, boosted by enhanced pre-show coverage and backstories about key figures in the racing world; NBC Sports has regularly drawn large Derby audiences, with more coverage continuing into the Preakness Stakes.
NBC Sports’ Kentucky Derby broadcast on NBC and Peacock averaged 19.6 million viewers, the Derby’s highest on record, peaking at 24.4 million as Golden Tempo won by a neck over Renegade; the Kentucky Oaks drew 2.4 million in primetime, and NBC’s streaming audience averaged 1.3 million, contributing to NBC’s largest Saturday program on record since the Milan Cortina Olympics.
Golden Tempo surged to an upset victory at Churchill Downs to win the Kentucky Derby, making trainer Cherie DeVaux the first woman to win the Derby; a post-win photo shows the horse resting in his stall, and DeVaux has not yet decided whether Golden Tempo will run in the Preakness on May 16.
Golden Tempo, a 23-1 longshot, charged from last to win the Kentucky Derby, making Cherie DeVaux the first woman to train a Derby winner. Jockey Jose Ortiz edged past his brother Irad Ortiz Jr. as the horse closed strongly; DeVaux says the horse comes first and will decide on the Preakness based on health, with a potential Belmont return linked to her Saratoga roots.
A fashion-focused recap of the 2026 Kentucky Derby that roasts several celebrities for ill-fitting or mismatched outfits, notes a few hits (like Dylan Dreyer’s floral look), and highlights Golden Tempo’s win as Cherie DeVaux becomes the first woman to train a Derby winner (and only the second to train a Triple Crown winner).