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.
Total betting on the race, including all linked wagers ending in the Derby, was $215.97 million, down $6.6 million from the record total of $222.60 million last year, according to the charts. It was the first time in the last five years that wagering fell on the race.
LOUISVILLE, Ky.- Brotherly love goes only so far.
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.
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.
1. No. 19 Golden Tempo
2. No. 1 Renegade, neck
3. No. 22 Ocelli, 1
4. No. 12 Chief Wallabee, 3
5. No. 7 Danon Bourbon, 3 1/4
6. No. 11 Incredibolt, 4 1/4
7. No. 6 Commandment, 5 1/2
8. No. 10 Wonder Dean, 7 1/2
9. No. 8 So Happy, 7 3/4
10. No. 15 Emerging Market, 8
11. No. 18 Further Ado, 8 1/4
12. No. 14 Potente, 8 3/4
Commandment and So Happy have replaced Renegade as the early co-favorites for the Kentucky Derby, according to parimutuel pool data reviewed at 2 p.m. Eastern.
Renegade, winner of the Arkansas Derby in his last start, was the morning-line favorite for the Derby from Churchill oddsmakers and the second choice on the line made by Daily Racing Form’s David Aragona. While he was 5-1 throughout the early hours of the pool on Friday and Saturday morning, he drifted to 6-1 early Saturday afternoon, with Commandment and So Happy dropping to 5-1.
Total wagering handle on the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs in Louisville on Friday night surged to a record $29.2 million, up 29.1 percent from 2025. Betting was up significantly in the straight wagering pools and in the pools for bets that linked the Oaks with races earlier on the card, according to charts.
The following are $1 will-pays for the Kentucky Oaks-Kentucky Derby double combining Oaks winner No. 9 Always a Runner with the Derby winner.
1 Renegade $43.47
2 Albus $656.44
3 Intrepido $875.08
4 Litmus Test $635.87
5 Right To Party SCR
6 Commandment $41.05
7 Danon Bourbon $74.50
8 So Happy $87.59
9 The Puma $53.93
10 Wonder Dean $227.28
11 Incredibolt $133.87
12 Chief Wallabee $37.87
14 Potente $117.71
15 Emerging Market $34.83
16 Pavlovian $511.23
Hawthorne Racecourse in Stickney, Ill., and Churchill Downs Inc. have reached an agreement to restore CDI’s signals to Hawthorne and its Chicago-area off-track betting parlors, according to officials for both tracks.
The agreement, which had been scuttled last year after Hawthorne began running debts to simulcast companies due to financial difficulties, was approved on Thursday by a bankruptcy judge handling Hawthorne’s Chapter 11 filing, according to David McCaffrey, the executive director of the Illinois Horsemen’s Thoroughbred Association.
LOUISVILLE, KY. – Right to Party, runner-up in the Grade 2 Wood Memorial, was scratched from Saturday’s Kentucky Derby due to lameness in his right foreleg, opening a spot for Robusta to join the field.
Right to Party was the third horse to be scratched from the Kentucky Derby since entries were taken on April 25. Scratched earlier in the week were Silent Tactic (bruised foot) and Fulleffort (chip in hind ankle). Those drawing in from the also-eligible list when those horses scratched were Great White and Ocelli.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Nycon was scratched from tonight's Kentucky Oaks on the morning of the race, leaving a field of 13 to contest the filly classic.
Trainer Whit Beckman said Friday morning that there is no injury or real physical issue with Nycon, who was most recently fourth in the Grade 3 Gazelle Stakes. He said in recent days he had noticed some "inconsistencies" with the filly's gait which prompted him to take the conservative route.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – They’ve all felt the swirling winds of the hurricane, whether it was Riley Mott on the track as an assistant to his Kentucky Derby-winning father, a young Cherie DeVaux galloping beneath the twin spires, or riders piloting winners before a roaring Churchill Downs crowd on the Derby undercard.
Now, they’re in the eye of the storm. Accounting for the shape of the field as of Friday morning, as many as four trainers and seven jockeys are looking to make their Kentucky Derby debuts on Saturday.
