Will Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo go for the Triple Crown?

TL;DR

Golden Tempo, trained by Cherie DeVaux, won the Kentucky Derby on May 2. DeVaux has until May 11 to decide if Golden Tempo will compete in the Preakness Stakes on May 16.

Key points

Golden Tempo won the Kentucky Derby on May 2.
Cherie DeVaux is the first female trainer to win the Derby.
The Preakness Stakes is on May 16 at Laurel Park.
Renegade, the Derby runner-up, will not compete in the Preakness.
DeVaux has until May 11 to make a decision on Golden Tempo.

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Cherie DeVaux made history when Golden Tempo won the Kentucky Derby on May 2. Now, she has one week to decide whether to chase more of it.

DeVaux, who became the first female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby with Golden Tempo’s neck win over Renegade, said May 3 the Preakness Stakes is on the table, but nothing has been decided. The second jewel in horse racing's Triple Crown is May 16 at Laurel Park in Maryland. The field will be set May 11.

“Obviously this race is in two weeks,” DeVaux said the day after her historic win. “It’s a lot different than what he’s done. He’s a horse who has a lot of constitution to him. He can handle something like that. But if one day he just doesn’t look like he’s in tiptop shape, then we’ll pivot and come up with another plan.”

Derby runner-up Renegade will not run. Trainer Todd Pletcher said the colt is headed to Saratoga and will be focused on the June 6 Belmont Stakes.

Golden Tempo shipped back to DeVaux’s base at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky, on May 3. His condition over the next several days will drive the decision.