Who is the Kentucky Derby female trainer? Meet Cherie DeVaux, trying to make history with Golden Tempo
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Who is the Kentucky Derby female trainer? Meet Cherie DeVaux, trying to make history with Golden Tempo originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here .
A female trainer has never trained the Kentucky Derby winning horse. Cherie DeVaux wants to change that at the 2026 Derby with Golden Tempo. She has trained a winning Breeders' Cup horse, and now she hopes she can break through at Churchill Downs.
MORE: Secretariat's family tree includes 663 kids and 19 horses in this Derby Who is the female Kentucky Derby trainer? Her name is Cherie DeVaux, and she's trying to make history in a race that has only ever been won by male trainers. “I don’t really look at it as male versus female,” DeVaux told LEX18 .
“I just try to do the best I can, but in the back of my mind, just to be a strong role model. ” Saturday is DeVaux's first start at the Derby. This is the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby.