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Kentucky Derby
Churchill DownsLouisville, Kentucky, United States
May 2, 2026 (2026-05-02)
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Golden Tempo
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The 2026 Kentucky Derby (branded as the 152nd Running of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve for sponsorship reasons) was the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby. It took place on May 2, 2026, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Golden Tempo won the race. As a result, Golden Tempo trainer Cherie DeVaux became the first woman trainer to win the Derby.

The field was drawn on April 25. A full field of 20 horses was selected, in addition to four also-eligible (AE) entries, three of whom drew into the race after three horses in the main field scratched the week prior to the race.

Finish	Programnumber	Horse	Qualifyingpoints	Trainer	Jockey	Morningline odds	Final odds	Margin(lengths)	Winnings
1	19	Golden Tempo	60	Cherie DeVaux	José Ortiz	30–1	23.12		$3,100,000
2	1	Renegade	125	Todd Pletcher	Irad Ortiz Jr.	4–1	5.65	Neck	$1,000,000
3	22	Ocelli	25	Whit Beckman	Tyler Gaffalione	50–1	70.50	1	$500,000
4	12	Chief Wallabee	50	Bill Mott	Junior Alvarado	8–1	7.31	3	$250,000
5	7	Danon Bourbon	Japan	Manabu Ikezoe	Atsuya Nishimura	20–1	12.66	3	$150,000
6	11	Incredibolt	60	Riley Mott	Jaime Torres	20–1	23.70	4
7	6	Commandment	150	Brad Cox	Luis Saez	6–1	6.18	5+1⁄4
8	10	Wonder Dean	E/ME	Daisuke Takayanagi	Ryusei Sakai	30–1	26.77	7+1⁄4
9	8	So Happy	115	Mark Glatt	Mike Smith	15–1	5.90	7+1⁄2
10	15	Emerging Market	100	Chad Brown	Flavien Prat	15–1	8.78	7+3⁄4
11	18	Further Ado	135	Brad Cox	John Velazquez	6–1	5.05	7+3⁄4
12	14	Potente	100	Bob Baffert	Juan Hernandez	20–1	17.89	8+1⁄4
13	17	Six Speed	E/ME	Bhupat Seemar	Brian Hernandez Jr.	50–1	38.70	17+1⁄4
14	23	Robusta	25	Doug O'Neill	Cristian Torres	50–1	70.01	17+1⁄2
15	2	Albus	100	Riley Mott	Manny Franco	30–1	48.67	20+1⁄4
16	3	Intrepido	38	Jeff Mullins	Hector Berrios	50–1	52.85	33+1⁄2
17	4	Litmus Test	34	Bob Baffert	Martin Garcia	30–1	27.75	37+1⁄2
18	16	Pavlovian	70	Doug O'Neill	Edwin Maldonado	30–1	50.52	48+1⁄2
	5 - Scr	Right to Party	65	Kenny McPeek	Christopher Elliott	30–1
	9 - Scr	The Puma	106	Gustavo Delgado	Javier Castellano	10–1
	13 - Scr	Silent Tactic	100	Mark Casse	Cristian Torres	20–1
	20 - Scr	Fulleffort	110	Brad Cox	Tyler Gaffalione	20–1
	21 - Scr	Great White	30	John Eniss	Alex Achard	50–1
	24 AE	Corona de Oro	6	Dallas Stewart	Brian Hernandez Jr.	50–1

Times: 1⁄4 mile – 22.68; 1⁄2 mile – 46.44; 3⁄4 mile – 1:10.90; mile – 1:36.45; final – 2:02.27.

Splits for each quarter-mile: (22.81) (23.42) (24.55) (26.06) (25.47)

Note:

Source: Equibase chart

The table below provides the Kentucky Derby payout schedule for a $2 stake.

Program number	Horse name	Win	Place	Show
19	Golden Tempo	$48.24	$19.14	$11.90
1	Renegade		$7.14	$5.46
22	Ocelli			$36.34

$2 Exacta (19–1): $278.86
$0.50 Trifecta (19–1–22): $5,625.39
$1 Superfecta (19–1–22–12): $94,489.95
$1 Super High Five (19–1–22–12–7): –

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