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LOUISVILLE, Ky. \u2014 Cherie DeVaux spent the week talking a lot about the possibility of becoming the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner as she got ready to be just the 18th to enter a horse in the crown jewel of horse racing\u2019s Triple Crown with Golden Tempo.<\/p>\n

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Charging from the back of the pack and down the stretch to win\u00a0the Derby, Golden Tempo made history for DeVaux, taking her breath away in the process and rendering her nearly speechless.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t even have any words right now,\u201d DeVaux said. \u201cI just can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

DeVaux is just the second female trainer to win any Triple Crown race after\u00a0Jena Antonucci won with Arcangelo\u00a0in the 2023 Belmont Stakes. She won the Derby in her first opportunity, eight years since starting her own stable.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing a woman or my gender has never really crossed my mind in this journey of mine,\u201d DeVaux said. \u201cI\u2019m glad I can be a representative of all women everywhere that we can do anything we set our minds do.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the week, DeVaux shifted from downplaying what it would mean to be the first woman to train a Derby winner to understanding she\u2019s a\u00a0role model to girls\u00a0who might want to follow in her footsteps someday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just glad I don\u2019t have to answer that question anymore,\u201d DeVaux said a little over an hour after the crowning achievement of her career. \u201cThere was a joke about me being one and done, but I think I\u2019m going to need to do this again.\u201d<\/p>\n

DeVaux, who credits growing up with seven brothers and two sisters for her toughness, downplayed Golden Tempo\u2019s cracked heels as a nonfactor. She also worked hard to get the colt into form long before the Kentucky Derby, trying blinkers and other things to get him to focus.<\/p>\n

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Jockey Jose Ortiz even described Golden Tempo as lazy. But Ortiz showed what he and the horse could do on Saturday, winning the Derby for the first time in his 11th try.<\/p>\n

Ortiz navigated past 17 other horses around the final turn and made a hard charge down the stretch. With a crowd of more than 100,000 watching and roaring at Churchill Downs, Golden Tempo passed favorite Renegade \u2014 ridden by brother Irad \u2014 just before the wire to win the 1 1\/4-mile race in 2:02.27 at odds of 23-1.<\/p>\n

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Their parents were there to witness it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI get to ride it almost every year, but to get to win it, it\u2019s just special,\u201d said Ortiz, who also\u00a0won the Kentucky Oaks\u00a0on Friday aboard Always a Runner. \u201cI just wish my grandpa was here, but I know he\u2019s looking from heaven. Just very happy that I get my goal, my life dream goal achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Golden Tempo paid $48.24 to win, $19.14 to place and $11.90 to show. Renegade paid $7.14 to place and $5.46 to show. Ocelli \u2014 who didn\u2019t get into the field until Thursday when Brad Cox\u2019s\u00a0Fulleffort was ruled out\u00a0\u2014 paid $36.34 to show.<\/p>\n

The Kentucky Derby went on with just 18 horses. Great White was\u00a0a late scratch\u00a0after flipping and throwing his jockey. Track veterinarians made the call to scratch the long shot who got into the field Wednesday when\u00a0Silent Tactic was ruled out\u00a0because of a foot injury. The Puma was out, less than 12 hours before post time, because of a swollen leg from a skin infection.<\/p>\n

Great White\u2019s trainer, John Ennis, confirmed to The Associated Press that the big gray gelding and jockey Alex Achard were fine.<\/p>\n

Great White became the fifth horse scratched this week and the second Saturday. Silent Tactic was ruled out Wednesday, Fulleffort on Thursday and\u00a0Right to Party\u00a0on Friday, with Great White, Ocelli and Robusta getting in.<\/p>\n

Asked about whether Golden Tempo would run in the Preakness Stakes on May 16, DeVaux said the decision would be made in the coming days depending on how the horse is.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to let him decide that,\u201d DeVaux said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to have to allow him to tell us because the horse is first.\u201d<\/p>\n

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