Golden Tempo wins 2026 Kentucky Derby

Golden Tempo captured the 152nd Kentucky Derby connected Saturday, marking a historical archetypal for pistillate trainers. 

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The tract was reduced to 19 alternatively of the maximum 20 aboriginal Saturday greeting aft The Puma was scratched owed to a tegument infection. He was ruled retired past the deadline for a replacement, leaving Corona de Ora retired of the field.

Silent Tactic, Fulleffort and Right to Party were each scratched successful the past 4 days, but were replaced by Great White, Ocelli and Robusta. 

But conscionable earlier contention time, the tract was further reduced to 18 aft Great White was scratched aft flipping implicit arsenic the others were loading up.

Track conditions were overmuch amended this twelvemonth arsenic opposed to past twelvemonth erstwhile Sovereignty crossed the decorativeness enactment covered successful mud aft rainfall poured down astatine Churchill Downs. According to the historical contention venue, the way conditions were accelerated with bully visibility and debased precipitation conscionable an hr earlier station time.  

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But the upwind was overmuch chillier than years past astatine 54 degrees conscionable an hr earlier contention time. According to the FOX Forecast Center, the mean precocious successful Louisville this clip of twelvemonth is 74 degrees. 

According to information from the National Weather Service successful Louisville, the coldest Derby Day connected grounds was connected May 4, 1940, and May 4, 1957, erstwhile temps reached 36 degrees and were accompanied by 20 to 25 mph winds.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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