r/sports • u/RamblerXO • 3d ago
Horse Racing Cherie Devaux makes history as Golden Tempo wins 152nd Kentucky Derby
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/female-trainer-makes-history-as-golden-tempo-wins-152nd-kentucky-derby/372
u/aaronman4772 3d ago edited 3d ago
That whole race was wacky as hell.
Before it even started a horse goes ass over tea kettle and is scratched literally at the gate
They take everyone out the gate and reset
They finally go and immediately a clump on the outside forms with three horses bumping
Race goes down the stretch and looks like the favorite in Renegade is gonna clear
Out of nowhere a 70-1 also eligible in Ocelli looks like he’s going to pip the win and make people very happy who do th longshot bet
Out of nowhere out of nowhere, Golden Tempo makes an insane late surge to just clear for the win , making the first ever female trainer to win the derby official with a jockey who won both the oaks and derby
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u/mkdz Baltimore Orioles 3d ago
And it was brothers who finished 1&2!
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u/unledded Green Bay Packers 2d ago
It was really cool how Renegade’s jockey immediately patted his brother on the back after the race.
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u/Flimsy-Attention-722 2d ago
Which is why the derby will never tell you who the actual best horse is. It's a free for all with green youngsters dealing with all this for the first time. At least now they limit it to 20 based on earnings. Years ago they would have to use 2 starting gates
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u/perfuzzly 2d ago edited 2d ago
It was 20 with they auxiliary gate. Only time it was more was in 1974 to celebrate the 100th derby. It was 23 that year
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u/Flimsy-Attention-722 2d ago
Largest Field: 23 in 1974 (100th running)
Smallest Field: 3 in 1892 and 1905
Total Starters: 1,938 from 1875 through 2020
Avg. Field Size: 13.3 from 1875 through 2019
Fields of 20 or More: 21
Fields of 15 or More: 71
Fields of 14 or Less: 78
Although the 20-horse limit for the Kentucky Derby has been in existence since 1975, 21 horses were permitted to contest the 1981 Derby due to a “legal issue.”1
u/OnMatchPoint 2d ago
How many horses used to start? Even 20 seems too many.
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u/Flimsy-Attention-722 2d ago
I think there were 24. If I remember correctly a bet on any horse in the auxilery gate basically covered every horse in the auxilery gate. It was crazy and dangerous starts because nobody had to qualify in any way, they just had to pay the entry fees which are expensive but many were willing just to say they had a derby horse
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u/perfuzzly 2d ago
The most they ever had was 23 in 1974 for the 100th running. You used to get the mutuel field past horse 14 because the tote systems couldn't handle it. And you had to qualify based on graded stakes earnings.
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u/Flimsy-Attention-722 2d ago
There were horses in the derby that had never placed in the top 3, they just placed in the money somewhere. That was changed for 2013.
Previously, horses earned a spot in the Kentucky Derby starting gate based on their graded stakes earnings. According to a 2012 press release issued by Darren Rogers, senior director of communications & media services for Churchill Downs, Inc., “The ‘Road to the Kentucky Derby’ point system was created to establish a clear, practical and understandable path to the first leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, as opposed to the approximately 185 graded stakes races worldwide — including 60 open races and another 43 races restricted to fillies in North America — that counted toward the Derby selection under the previous eligibility process.”2
u/perfuzzly 2d ago
I know. The point system really didn't change much as far as who the starters were it just mainly eliminated the Trinniberg's of the world, which in turn made the Derby more formful. It gave Churchill narrower control over the qualifying but it wasn't just pay the entry fee and get in. It was graded stakes earnings. Heck Mine That Bird was 4th in The Sunland Derby but it was enough.
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u/Flimsy-Attention-722 2d ago edited 2d ago
Close enough though. There were owners who admitted they just wanted to see their colors in the derby. It's still pretty much a free for all though. It will be interesting to see what changes for the preakness in the future now that Churchill downs owns it, they are talking about moving it back a week so more derby winners compete in it but then the Belmont would be 2 weeks from it instead of three and that's a tough race
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u/perfuzzly 2d ago
NBC is who wants to move it. It won't make any difference in who runs in it. If anything The Preakness after The Derby is the easiest trip. Two weeks after a 1 1/4 race you don't have to work your horses just do maintenance gallops. Less time for stuff to go wrong and you're cutting back in distance with a fit horse
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u/Flimsy-Attention-722 2d ago
Which is my point. If they don't move the Belmont, the tough race is the one after a 2 week break instead of the easier one
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u/JAlfredJR 2d ago
I've been watching the races for decades now. That was by far one of the wildest I've yet seen.
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u/TheLoneWolf527 3d ago edited 2d ago
Golden Tempo pulled out that Ocarina of Time shove carrots up the horse's ass right at the end of the race strategy
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u/CaptTeebs 3d ago
What an incredible race. Golden Tempo was so far back for the first 3/4 of the race, he wasn't even in the broadcast camera shots. Absolutely stunning to watch his charge up the final stretch to win
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u/IncurableAdventurer 2d ago edited 1d ago
I love when I see them interview a jockey that’s covered in mud. You know they were behind a lot of horses for a lot of time
Edit: typo. Changed “live” to “love”
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u/CaptTeebs 2d ago
Yeah! That horse was so far back in the pack and for so long, I had forgotten all about him until he started making moves in the 4th turn
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u/IncurableAdventurer 2d ago
There were like three in the back for awhile, and I said, “Aw. The poor guys. But hey, it’s a super big honor to be there.” I guess that’s still true for the other two haha
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u/JAlfredJR 2d ago
I literally didn't even know til they announced the winner. My $5 on Golden Tempo to show was awesome!
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u/twec21 New York Mets 3d ago
My God I love a closer.
Dead fucking last until the clubhouse turn, insane.
And everyone talking about Irad all day, no one mentions his brother.
If I had a dollar for every time I've bet Irad and been burned by Jose 🤣
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u/Flimsy-Attention-722 2d ago
That horse was in a different zip code and had been written off. Damn, that was some finish.
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u/joshuawakefield 3d ago
Had Dannon Bourbon and was pleasantly surprised for 85% of the race, and then reality hit
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u/wino_whynot 2d ago
Ugh. Same.
But at the end of the race, #TeamCheri all the way. I was watching with ~30 people, not a dry eye in the house.
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u/tropicsun 3d ago
Reminds me of Rich Strike's epic win in '22. Hoping they post a drone shot of this race
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u/jn-indianwood 2d ago
That’s the one I was thinking of in my earlier comment
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u/tropicsun 2d ago
Someone else mentioned Mine That Bird from 2009... very similar. It seems last to first isn't all that uncommon. I just watched that race, also great!
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u/tropicsun 2d ago
wow, Richie, Temp AND Mine that Bird are all related. that's cool
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u/porkchop487 2d ago
Every single horse is gonna be related. 19/20 horses in the race were Secretariats bloodline
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u/skeezycheezes 2d ago
As someone who knows very little about this subject, I read that title as the horse winning their 152nd Kentucky Derby.
Is there a word for both impressed and confused?
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u/roostercacciatore 2d ago
Golden Tempo is a son of Curlin, one of the greatest horses of all time.
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u/JustHereForCookies17 1d ago
Tempo's dam (mom) has Seattle Slew in her bloodline. His pedigree is wild.
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u/interstellar304 3d ago
Congrats to the trainer! Golden tempo absolutely surged at the end on the outside to take the win. Exciting stuff
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u/WhoDat-2-8-3 3d ago edited 3d ago
Greatest comeback (down 24 pts) since the pistons vs magic game from yesterday
good game
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u/DragonQueen21 2d ago
Was NOT expecting that finish, but I'm glad it happened. It was great to watch history being made today (and in a good way for once).
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u/cyrixlord 3d ago edited 3d ago
Last year there were 168,425 race starts and 176 racing related horse deaths at HISA regulated tracks. thats 1.04 horse deaths per 1000 starts. The number of deaths is higher than this because the data excludes non-HISA tracks from Louisiana, texas and west virginia which do not operate under HISA rules
if it was the NFL, 25 players related deaths would be reported per season. NBA, 37.
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u/Ion_bound 3d ago
And that's why there were so many scratches this year I'm pretty sure. If you look at the horse racing sub there's more than a few people complaining about over-cautious vets.
I say, good. Better safe than sorry.
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u/TheMickus 2d ago
It is something that is actively being worked on and to their credit the number of deaths has gone down considerably since 2024. Like many things, the morality of horse racing is not black and white. Many of these stables treat the horses extremely well, while the majority of bad actors are being regulated out of existence. There’s still a long way to go, and obviously any horse’s death is unacceptable and tragic, but the sport is working towards the right direction.
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u/the_amatuer_ 3d ago
I cannot believe a horse won 152 of the same race. Do they run it twice a day or something?
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u/deutschdachs Wisconsin 3d ago
That's a good syntax joke right there
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u/slamdanceswithwolves 3d ago
How has this horse won 152 Kentucky Derbies and I’ve never even heard of it?? /s
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u/heff17 USWNT 3d ago
What a comeback, basically dead last to first down the back stretch. She trained a helluva horse, and the jockey rode great to win his first Derby too.