Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo will not run in the Preakness Stakes next weekend, trainer Cherie DeVaux announced Wednesday. DeVaux and owners decided to skip the Preakness and set their sights on the Belmont Stakes on June 6 at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York.

Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo will skip the Preakness, the horse’s team announced on Wednesday. “The horse just ran the race of his life,’’ trainer Cherie DeVaux told CNN Sports about the decision minutes before it was announced publicly.

Sovereignty, last year’s Derby winner, also skipped last year’s Preakness Stakes, as did fellow Derby winners Rich Strike in 2022 and Country House in 2019. Justify was the last horse to complete the Triple Crown in 2018,

Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo's status for the Preakness Stakes on May 16 remains uncertain. During an appearance on the Dan Patrick Show, trainer Cherie DeVaux revealed that the decision on whether Golden Tempo will race in the Preakness will be made in "a couple of days,

Kentucky Derby-winner Golden Tempo will not run in the Preakness Stakes, history-making trainer Cherie DeVaux said Wednesday, dashing hopes of a Triple Crown challenge in 2026.Golden Tempo stormed from dead last to win the 152nd Derby on Saturday,

Golden Tempo raced from the back of the pack to win the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, holding off morning-line favorite Renegade at the finish and making Cherie DeVaux the first female trainer to claim victory in a race that was being run for the 152nd time.

Cherie DeVaux, who became the first female trainer to take a horse to victory at the Kentucky Derby, joins CNN Anchor and Kentucky native Pamela Brown to discuss how Golden Tempo went from last to first.

Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Golden Tempo had his third walk day Tuesday and will return to the track for light training Wednesday at Keeneland. Trainer Cherie DeVaux, speaking at a media availability arranged by Keeneland’s communications department,