Kentucky Derby 2026 payout, purse, prize money: Betting breakdown by horse, jockey and trainer
The 152 nd Kentucky Derby is in the books and Golden Tempo is your winner. Here is a breakdown of how the $5 million purse will be divvied up. The Derby is not a winner-take-all race The $5 million purse is split amongst the top five horses.
Here is how Saturday’s finishers will fare: 1. Golden Tempo (23-1): $3. 1 million 2.
Renegade (5-1): $1 million 3. Ocelli (70-1): $500,000 4. Chief Wallabee (7-1): $250,000 5.
Danon Bourbon (12-1): $150,000 How much does the Derby-winning trainer earn? A typical split of the winning purse is 80 percent to the owner/ownership group and the remaining 20 being split between the trainer and jockey. So, for this year, co-owners Phipps Stable (Daisy Phipps Pulito) and St.
Elias Stable (Vincent Viola) are expected to take home $2. 48 million (division of the earnings is based on whatever agreement was made), while trainer Cherie DeVaux will take home $310,000 (before taxes). And what about the winning jockey?