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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.
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The 5-year-old gelding Rhetorical had made eight starts before Saturday. He’d won five of them, won the Grade 1 Turf Mile at Keeneland last fall, finished a solid fourth at Del Mar in the Breeders’ Cup Mile. What Rhetorical had never done before the Turf Classic at Churchill Downs was race on the lead. That’s where he and Irad Ortiz Jr. found themselves two jumps out of the starting gate. Rhetorical did not like the experience – he loved it.
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Spirit Doll returned home to Gulfstream Park and bounced back in a big way in the $100,000 Honey Ryder Stakes on Saturday.
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T O Elvis was 30-1 on the morning line, 12-1 going into the gate, 5-1 when the field crossed the finish, and won Saturday’s Grade 1 Churchill Downs Stakes like a 1-5 shot, not only dominating unquestionably the most talented field on the Kentucky Derby undercard but doing so in near track-record time.
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Florida shipper Reagan’s Flame collared the favored Lithe Spirit late to take the Grade 3 Whimsical at Woodbine on Saturday under a patient ride from Sahin Civaci.
