Golden Tempo wins the Kentucky Derby 2026? Full Results, Winner, Complete Payout and Order of finish.
— After being asked all week about the possibility of becoming the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner, Cherie DeVaux was nearly speechless when Golden Tempo charged from the back of the pack Saturday to make history for her.
DeVaux joined Jena Antonucci, with Arcangelo in the 2023 Belmont, as the only women to train the winner of a Triple Crown race. She was just the 18th woman to saddle a horse in the Derby in its 152-year history, and the gravity of the situation came into focus for her days earlier when she saw a young girl on the backstretch and realized the impact she is making.
Jockey Jose Ortiz even described Golden Tempo as lazy. But Ortiz showed what he and the horse could do Saturday, winning the Derby for the first time in his 11th try — and doing so in impressive fashion.
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 morning line favorite Renegade — ridden by brother Irad — just before the wire to win the 1 1/4-mile race in 2:02.27 at odds of 23-1.
2026 Kentucky Derby payouts, final odds for Golden Tempo's win at Churchill Downs
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 — who didn’t get into the field until Thursday when Brad Cox’s Fulleffort was ruled out — paid $36.34 to show after going off at 70-1.
Here's a quick look at the payouts from the 152nd Run for the Roses:
Golden Tempo
(Based on a $2 bet)
Win: $48.24
Place: $19.14
Show: $11.90
Renegade
(Based on a $2 bet)
Place: $7.14
Show: $5.46
Ocelli
(Based on a $2 bet)
Show: $36.34
Kentucky Derby Payouts on the finishing combos
Exacta: $278.86 ($2 bet)
Trifecta: $5,625.39 ($.50 bet)
Superfecta: $94,489.95 ($1 bet)
Full Finishing Order, final for 2026 Kentucky Derby results for each horse.
1. No. 19 Golden Tempo (24-1)
2. No. 1 Renegade (6-1)
3. No. 22 Ocelli (75-1)
4. No. 12 Chief Wallabee (7-1)
5. No. 7 Danon Bourbon (14-1)
6. No. 11 Incredibolt (27-1)
7. No. 6 Commandment (5-1)
8. No. 10 Wonder Dean (26-1)
9. No. 8 So Happy (5-1)
10. No. 15 Emerging Market (8-1)
11. No. 18 Further Ado (6-1)
12. No. 14 Potente (17-1)
13. No. 17 Six Speed (39-1)
14. No. 23 Robusta (73-1)
15. No. 2 Albus (47-1)
16. No. 3 Intrepido (51-1)
17. No. 4 Litmus Test (27-1)
18. No. 16 Pavlovian (51-1)
Top 5 Kentucky Derby winners' Prize Money payouts
Winner: Golden Tempo, $3.1 million
2nd: Renegade, $1 million
3rd: Ocelli, $500,000
4th: Chief Wallabee, $250,000
5th: Danon Bourbon, $150,000
Last 25 years Kentucky Derby past winners list since 2000
Here's a full list of past Kentucky Derby winners since the event was first run in 1975, per the Kentucky Derby's website:
2026: Golden Tempo (2:02.27)
2025: Sovereignty (2:02.31)
2024: Mystik Dan (2:03:34)
2023: Mage (2:01.57)
2022: Rich Strike (2:02.61)
2021: Mandaloun (2:01.36)
2020: Authentic (2:00.61)
2019: Country House (2:03.93)
2018: Justify (2:04:20) *
2017: Nyquist (2:01.31)
2016: Nyquist (2:01.31)
2015: American Pharoah (2:03.02) *
2014: California Chrome (2:03.66)
2013: Orb (2:02.89)
2012: I'll Have Another (2:01.83)
2011: Animal Kingdom (2:02.04)
2010: Super Saver (2:04.45)
2009: Mine That Bird (2:02.66)
2008: Big Brown (2:01.82)
2007: Street Sense (2:02.17)
2006: Barbaro (2:01.36)
2005: Giacomo (2:02.75)
2004: Smarty Jones (2:04.06)
2003: Funny Cide (2:01.19)
2002: War Emblem (2:01.13)
2001: Monarchos (1:59.97)
2000: Fusaichi Pegasus (2:01.00)
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