Golden Tempo takes the Kentucky Derby as Cherie DeVaux becomes the 1st woman to train its winner

[aggiesal]

Source: AP News

After being asked all week about the possibility of becoming the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner, Cherie DeVaux was nearly speechless when Golden Tempo charged from the back of the pack Saturday to make history for her.

“I’m just glad I don’t have to answer that question anymore,” DeVaux said to a rousing round of applause.

“It really is an honor to be able to be that person for other women or other little girls to look up to,” DeVaux said. “You can dream big, and you can pivot. You can come from one place and make yourself a part of history.”

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-derby-winner-14da4af938ae3a3201f4d17a80d052c0

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I love watching women breaking ground like this.
I would take my daughter to event with successful women, to inspired.

[pat_k]

1. Holy crap!! This overhead view is incredible!

I've never seen anything like this!!

Full replay

Congratulations to Jockey Jose Ortiz, Trainer Cherie DeVaux, and co-owners Daisy Phipps Pulito and Vincent Viola

[aggiesal]

2. The overhead was so cool ...

You can see Golden Tempo was told to stalk Renegade.
Both were well back in the pack.
Renegade started his charge before Golden Tempo did.
When I watched it live, I can see both charging, wondering if there was enough track for them to overtake.
Crazy come back for both.

Watch overhead again.
Golden Tempo was 9 wide.
He probably ran an extra quarter mile and still won.

[catchnrelease]

3. I love this part

The jockey riding Renegade is Irad Ortiz Jr, the brother of Jose Ortiz who rode Golden Tempo to victory. When they cross the finish line the men were almost close enough to hold hands!! What an outstanding race!

[rampartd]

4. renegade was pushed into the rail at the start

and fell way back. at the end they were head and head. i'd watch him in future races.

another was great white , the big grey that was scratched at the gate. looked very strong.

[VTderry]

9. I was so disappointed not to see Great White running along a full hand

taller than most of the rest of the field and, worse yet, worried he'd been badly injured in that fall. But I read he's doing well and will recover.

And his jockey will be sad to have missed participating but glad he didn't have 1370 pounds of gorgeous grey horse on land top of him.

[rampartd]

12. if they can't get great white to calm down they will geld him.

i'm optimistic that that crowd and large number of runners spooked him. he will be ok.

[VTderry]

15. He is already gelded. I was suprised to hear that yesterday, given his demeanor.

But it's kind of awful how none of the horses have experienced anything close to the extreme sensory overload of the derby prior to that day. Great White was clearly terrified. 😥

[catchnrelease]

18. One of the things I hate about the Derby

There are always so many entries that when that gate opens it's just chaos. Bumping, cutting each other off, etc. Even Golden Tempo looked like he barely missed getting caught in some traffic just out of the gate, and maybe a little hesitation as he tried to avoid it?

I read that Great White's freak out was due to confusion going on as they were loading. I haven't seen if there is video of that so don't know if it's accurate.

At least in the next two races there will be a lot fewer entries so hopefully less chaos than yesterday's land rush!

[pat_k]

10. All I can say is Wow! Just Wow!

[oasis]

5. Wow!

[Aristus]

6. Countdown until some Trumpster calls her a 'DEI hire':

3…2…1…

[rampartd]

13. i'v already heard "she wasn't wearing a hat"

[chouchou]

7. My husband's pal emailed a Scathing opinion on the so-called BEST handicappers...

...from the best tracks "Out of the most professional 23 handicappers, NOT ONE of them picked 2 out of the 4 winning horses."
( Superfecta) I'm not being mean but..goes to show..WAY too many variables.

[pat_k]

11. My step-father was a big horse race guy

I think his favorite part was spending the day before "studying."

Don't think it was more than 50% of the time, but pretty often I walked out with more money in my pocket randomly picking on names I liked than he did after all his figuring. He would always sort of shake his head.

To give him credit, he always had way more wins -- more winners and exotic bets -- but I'd hit one of those long shots and wipe out my losses and more.

[catchnrelease]

16. Your post gave me a flashback

My grandpa was like your step-father. I have strong memories of him sitting with the racing form, going over the stats etc to make his picks. Then he'd listen to the races on the radio. We also lived not far from Hollywood Park in LA, and I remember going to the track too. I don't know how successful he was overall and I was way too little to do any betting. But I have lots of mental pictures of things associated with the races. (eg: All of the losing tickets littering the ground! The sound of the horses when they passed down the stretch...)

I still love to watch the Triple Crown races, but only after I know that none of the horses were injured during the race. Then I go and look for the replays. I did grow up to be a horse owner, so I know that the sport is NOT good for the animals in so many ways. But it's still hard to resist watching them run.

[pat_k]

17. It is hard to resist.

When I lived in Seattle, Longacres was still going. He came out to visit a few times when I lived in NJ for the Belmont and Haskell Stakes.

All good memories, although as I've gotten older, it is harder to keep the ugly truths about horse racing out of mind. But man, those animals coming down the stretch. I think it was about the most thrilling thing I'd ever seen as a kid.

[highplainsdem]

8. Golden Tempo, Renegade and Ocelli are all descendants of Curlin:

https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/291635/curlin-perseveres-to-sire-first-kentucky-derby-winner

Not sure if any other horse's descendants ever finished first, second and third in the same Kentucky Derby.

[Bayard]

14. Very impressive finish

I hope he runs as well in the next two races.

It was smart to keep him out of that huge pack when they broke. His jockey and trainer must have known he had another gear to kick in to at the end.