Overview
- Golden Tempo, which won Saturday at Churchill Downs, surged from last to first to take the 152nd Derby by a neck in 2:02.27 at 23-1 odds.
- Jockey Jose Ortiz earned his first Derby victory in his 11th attempt as he reeled in his brother Irad Ortiz Jr. on runner-up Renegade near the wire.
- DeVaux said the camp will decide in the coming days whether Golden Tempo goes to the Preakness Stakes on May 16.
- The field shrank after a week of scratches and track veterinarians scratched Great White minutes before the start after the horse flipped and unseated his rider, with the trainer saying both were fine.
- DeVaux’s breakthrough marked the first Derby win by a woman trainer in 152 years, following a career built under Chuck Simon and Chad Brown before she opened her own stable in 2018.