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For the first time in 152 years — HISTORY IS MADE!!! 🏆❤️
Trainer Cherie DeVaux watches as Golden Tempo and Jose Ortiz come flying home to win the Kentucky Derby at odds of 23-1.
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Most people only see the finish.
The win.
The lights.
The moment.
What they do not see is the preparation behind it.
A conversation with @joseortizjockey
(recorded prior to his Kentucky Derby win).
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From last to first, Golden Tempo and Jose Ortiz Jr. make history in the 2026 Kentucky Derby ❤️
It was a storybook ending to the 152nd Kentucky Derby (G1)!
Golden Tempo ran wide on the outside under Jose Ortiz to deliver a historic win for Cherie DeVaux to win the 152nd Kentucky Derby (G1) for owners Phipps Stable & St. Elias Stable.
Renegade ran second under Jose’s brother, Irad Ortiz Jr.
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He Lost the Kentucky Derby 10 Times. On His 11th Try, He Beat His Own Brother.
Congrats Jose Ortiz.
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JOSE LUIS ORTIZ @joseortizjockey 🇵🇷 gana su primer Kentucky Derby al conquistar la victoria con GOLDEN TEMPO y comparte con Carlos Morales su emoción y detalles de la carrera
Jose Ortiz
Kentucky Derby 152
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Jose Ortiz rode Golden Tempo to victory in the 152nd Kentucky Derby on May 2, 2026, winning at 23-1 odds, he came from last place to win by a neck, making history. This win marked a major career highlight for jockey @joseortizjockey and first female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby @cdevauxracing. Congratulations!
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Trainer Cherie DeVaux and jockey Jose Ortiz were all smiles while talking about the historic Kentucky Derby 152 win with Golden Tempo 🌹
In a poignant moment at the Kentucky Derby, Irad Ortiz embraced his daughter, offering comfort after narrowly missing victory aboard Renegade. With heartfelt warmth, he consoled her, expressing shared joy for her uncle and his brother, Jose Ortiz, who claimed the coveted win.
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“It’s possible.”
“My advice is to remember that we were sitting there… and if we have done it, you can do it too.” — Jose Ortiz
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Es posible.
Si nosotros pudimos hacerlo, tú también puedes.
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For the first time in 150 years, Cherie DeVaux has flipped the script and rewritten history.
She became the first woman trainer to ever win the Kentucky Derby when her horse, Golden Tempo, captured the 152nd running of the race, ridden by jockey Jose Ortiz.
DeVaux established her own stable in 2018 with just eight horses, and it took 11 months to win her first race. She rose from stable worker to assistant trainer, and her journey hasn’t been easy.
What makes her accomplishment exceptional is this: In the Derby’s 152-year history, only 19 starters had ever been trained by women before DeVaux. The only woman who came close to training the winner before her was Shelley Riley in 1992, when Casual Lies finished second.
Cherie DeVaux didn’t just make history. She shattered the decades of undermining women. “I’m glad I can be representative sentative of women everywhere,” DeVaux said in a postrace interview on the broadcast. “We can do anything we set our minds to”
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