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Total commingled wagering on Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville fell 3.0 percent compared to record betting on the race last year, according to charts of the races.
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The entire landscape of the 3-year-old trotting world will change starting May 4 when 46 diagonally-gaited combatants will square off in the elimination round for the Grade 1 $500,000 Oak Grove Trotting Derby and Grade 1 $300,000 Oak Grove Trotting Oaks at the similarly-named southern Kentucky five-eighths Standardbred oval.
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Jockey Jose Ortiz and his brother Irad were both looking for their first Kentucky Derby victory when they came charging down the center of the track under the Twin Spires on Saturday. They drove their respective mounts, Golden Tempo and Renegade, toward the wire in the final stages of the race, but ultimately only one could achieve that goal - at the expense of the other.
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The 2026 Miami Valley race meet came to a close on Saturday afternoon, highlighted by eight divisions, two of each sex/gait, of 3-year-old Ohio Sires Stakes and the $100,000 Grade 3 Pacey Mindlin Memorial Invitational.
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Brandon Blvd (Downbytheseaside-Alexis Faith) made his first start of 2026 a winning one after cruising to an impressive victory in the Grade 3 $100,000 Paul Revere Pace at Plainridge Park on Saturday (May 2) afternoon.
A chilly May Saturday welcomed back Pennsylvania Sire Stakes action at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. Two $54,601 divisions of the Bye Bye Byrd for the top level horses, as well as four Stallion Series divisions for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings, kicked off the 2026 Sire Stakes season.
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Mondego provided a West Coast segment to trainer Michael McCarthy’s successful weekend across the country with a win in Saturday’s Grade 2 Charles Whittingham Stakes at Santa Anita.
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Willy D’s won his second straight stakes race on Saturday, when he fought off Coal Battle for a neck win in the $200,000 Lake Ouachita at Oaklawn Park. It was another 7 3/4 lengths back in third to Mackman.
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The following is the complete order of finish and beaten margins for the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby on May 2, 2026, at Churchill Downs.
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Cherie DeVaux has frequently said that she doesn’t want her gender to define her as a horse trainer. Whether she likes it or not, history will now always define her as the first female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby. DeVaux achieved that feat Saturday evening at Churchill Downs when Golden Tempo rallied from last to win the 152nd Kentucky Derby by a neck.
