Golden Tempo emerged as the winner of The 2026 Kentucky Derby, capping off a tightly contested race with a narrow victory over race favorite Renegade.
Golden Tempo hung back for a majority of the race and was well behind entering the stretch run. Jockey Jose Ortiz then helped kick the horse into a sprint to the finish, making up ground quickly and pulling even with Renegade through the stretch run.
The two horses battled hard to the finish, but Golden Tempo was able to eke out a narrow, neck-long victory in the race's final seconds.
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Golden Tempo's victory was a historic one for his trainer, Cherie DeVaux. She becomes the first female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby and just the second-ever to win a Triple Crown race along with Jena Antonucci, whose horse Arcangelo won the Belmont Stakes in 2023.
USA TODAY Sports tracked the results of the 2026 Kentucky Derby. Below are the full results of the Run for the Roses.
Who won the 2026 Kentucky Derby?
Golden Tempo crossed the finish line first at the 2026 Kentucky Derby, beating Renegade by a neck to take home the race title.
Golden Tempo carried 25-1 odds into the race. The horse's trainer, Cherie DeVaux, becomes the first female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby.
2026 Kentucky Derby official results
Golden Tempo is the official winner of the 2026 Kentucky Derby. Below is a look at the full results of the race, in which 18 horses ran because of Great White's last-minute scratch after a fall on the track:
- Golden Tempo
- Renegade
- Ocelli
- Chief Wallabee
- Danon Bourbon
- Incredibolt
- Commandment
- Wonder Dean
- So Happy
- Emerging Market
- Further Ado
- Potente
- Six Speed
- Robusta
- Albus
- Intrepido
- Litmus Test
- Pavlovian
Scratched: Right to Party (No. 5), The Puma (No. 9), Silent Tactic (No. 13), Fulleffort (No. 20), Great White (No. 21)
Who is Golden Tempo's jockey?
Jose Ortiz rode Golden Tempo during The Kentucky Derby. It marked the 32-year-old's first Kentucky Derby win and his third-ever win of a Triple Crown race after riding Tapwrit to a victory at the 2017 Belmont Stakes and Early Voting to a win at the 2022 Preakness Stakes.
Ortiz has been a jockey since 2012 and won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey in 2017. The 32-year-old is the younger brother of Irad Ortiz, who has won the Eclipse Award five times but has never won the Kentucky Derby. Irad Ortiz finished second in Saturday's race while riding Renegade.
Full list of Kentucky Derby past winners, history
Here's a full list of past Kentucky Derby winners since the event was first run in 1975, per the Kentucky Derby's website:
- 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)
- 1999: Charismatic (2:03.20)
- 1998: Real Quiet (2:02.20)
- 1997: Silver Charm (2:02.40)
- 1996: Grindstone (2:01.00)
- 1995: Thunder Gulch (2:01.20)
- 1994: Go for Gin (2:03.60)
- 1993: Sea Hero (2:02.40)
- 1992: Lil E. Tee (2:03.00)
- 1991: Strike the Gold (2:03.00)
- 1990: Unbridled (2:02.00)
- 1989: Sunday Silence (2:05.00)
- 1988: Winning Colors (2:02.20)
- 1987: Alysheba (2:03.40)
- 1986: Ferdinand (2:02.80)
- 1985: Spend A Buck (2:00.20)
- 1984: Swale (2:02.40)
- 1983: Sunny's Halo (2:02.20)
- 1982: Gato Del Sol (2:02.40)
- 1981: Pleasant Colony (2:02.00)
- 1980: Genuine Risk (2:02.00)
- 1979: Spectacular Bid (2:02.40)
- 1978: Affirmed (2:01.20) *
- 1977: Seattle Slew (2:02.20) *
- 1976: Bold Forbes (2:01.60)
- 1975: Foolish Pleasure (2:02.00)
- 1974: Cannonade (2:04.00)
- 1973: Secretariat (1:59.40) *
- 1972: Riva Ridge (2:01.80)
- 1971: Canonero II (2:03.20)
- 1970: Dust Commander (2:03.40)
- 1969: Majestic Prince (2:01.80)
- 1968: Forward Pass (2:02.20)
- 1967: Proud Clarion (2:00.60)
- 1966: Kauai King (2:02.00)
- 1965: Lucky Debonair (2:01.20)
- 1964: Northern Dancer (2:00.00)
- 1963: Chateaugay (2:01.80)
- 1962: Decidedly (2:00.40)
- 1961: Carry Back (2:04.00)
- 1960: Venetian Way (2:02.40)
- 1959: Tomy Lee (2:02.20)
- 1958: Tim Tam (2:05.00)
- 1957: Iron Liege (2:02.20)
- 1956: Needles (2:03.40)
- 1955: Swaps (2:01.80)
- 1954: Determine (2:03.00)
- 1953: Dark Star (2:02.00)
- 1952: Hill Gail (2:01.60)
- 1951: Count Turf (2:02.60)
- 1950: Middleground (2:01.60)
- 1949: Ponder (2:04.20)
- 1948: Citation (2:05.40) *
- 1947: Jet Pilot (2:06.80)
- 1946: Assault (2:06.60) *
- 1945: Hoop Jr. (2:07.00)
- 1944: Pensive (2:04.20)
- 1943: Count Fleet (2:04.00) *
- 1942: Shut Out (2:04.40)
- 1941: Whirlaway (2:01.40) *
- 1940: Gallahadion (2:05.00)
- 1939: Johnstown (2:03.40)
- 1938: Lawrin (2:04.80)
- 1937: War Admiral (2:03.20) *
- 1936: Bold Venture (2:03.60)
- 1935: Omaha (2:05.00) *
- 1934: Cavalcade (2:04.00)
- 1933: Brokers Tip (2:06.80)
- 1932: Burgoo King (2:05.20)
- 1931: Twenty Grand (2:01.80)
- 1930: Gallant Fox (2:07.60) *
- 1929: Clyde Van Dusen (2:10.80)
- 1928: Reigh Count (2:10.40)
- 1927: Whiskery (2:06.00)
- 1926: Bubbling Over (2:03.80)
- 1925: Flying Ebony (2:07.60)
- 1924: Black Gold (2:05.20)
- 1923: Zev (2:05.40)
- 1922: Morvich (2:04.60)
- 1921: Behave Yourself (2:04.20)
- 1920: Paul Jones (2:09.00)
- 1919: Sir Barton (2:09.80) *
- 1918: Exterminator (2:10.80)
- 1917: Omar Khayyam (2:04.60)
- 1916: George Smith (2:04.00)
- 1915: Regret (2:05.40)
- 1914: Old Rosebud (2:03.40)
- 1913: Donerail (2:04.80)
- 1912: Worth (2:09.40)
- 1911: Meridian (2:05.00)
- 1910: Donau (2:06.40)
- 1909: Wintergreen (2:08.20)
- 1908: Stone Street (2:15.20)
- 1907: Pink Star (2:12.60)
- 1906: Sir Huon (2:08.80)
- 1905: Agile (2:10.75)
- 1904: Elwood (2:08.50)
- 1903: Judge Himes (2:09.00)
- 1902: Alan-a-Dale (2:08.75)
- 1901: His Eminence (2:07.75)
- 1900: Lieut. Gibson (2:06.25)
- 1899: Manuel (2:12.00)
- 1898: Plaudit (2:09.00)
- 1897: Typhoon II (2:12.50)
- 1896: Ben Brush (2:07.75)
- 1895: Halma (2:37.50)
- 1894: Chant (2:41.00)
- 1893: Lookout (2:39.25)
- 1892: Azra (2:41.50)
- 1891: Kingman (2:52.25)
- 1890: Riley (2:45.00)
- 1889: Spokane (2:34.50)
- 1888: Macbeth II (2:38.00)
- 1887: Montrose (2:39.25)
- 1886: Ben Ali (2:36.50)
- 1885: Joe Cotton (2:37.25)
- 1884: Buchanan (2:40.25)
- 1883: Leonatus (2:43.00)
- 1882: Apollo (2:40.00)
- 1881: Hindoo (2:40.00)
- 1880: Fonso (2:37.50)
- 1879: Lord Murphy (2:37.00)
- 1878: Day Star (2:37.25)
- 1877: Baden-Baden (2:38.00)
- 1876: Vagrant (2:38.25)
- 1875: Aristides (2:37.75)
* Denotes Triple Crown winner
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Who won the Kentucky Derby? Final results, past winners of Triple Crown race
