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Derby Winner Golden Tempo Puts In Final Breeze Before Shipping For Belmont On Sunday

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Golden Tempo (Curlin), the Keeneland-based winner of GI Kentucky Derby, on Saturday had his final work in preparation for the GI Belmont Stakes June 6 at Saratoga Race Course, the track said in a press release on Saturday morning.

With jockey Jose Ortiz aboard for trainer Cherie DeVaux, the colt covered four furlongs on a fast track in :48.20.

At 7:30 a.m. ET–after the first morning renovation period–Golden Tempo worked on the inside of 4-year-old stakes placed winner So Sandy (Omaha Beach). Golden Tempo produced fractions of :23.80, :36, :48.20 and out five-eighths in 1:01 and three-quarters in 1:14.80.

Golden Tempo is expected to leave for New York on Sunday afternoon.

A homebred racing for Phipps Stable and St. Elias Stable, Golden Tempo charged from last place to win the Kentucky Derby by a neck. The following day, he returned to DeVaux’s barn at the Keeneland Training Center–commonly called “Rice Road” after the road that runs from Versailles Road through the west side of Keeneland’s property to Van Meter Road.

Golden Tempo had three works here: four furlongs in :48.60 on a fast track on Friday, May 15; five furlongs in 1:00.20 on a good track on Saturday, May 23; and Saturday’s move.

A son of Curlin, Golden Tempo has won three races in five starts and earned $3,433,000. At Fair Grounds in New Orleans, he won the Jan. 17 GIII Lecomte Stakes and was third in both the Feb. 14 GII Risen Star Stakes and the Mar. 21 GII Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby.

Golden Tempo then shipped to Keeneland, where he had four weekly timed works before the Kentucky Derby.

The draw for post positions for the Belmont will be held Monday, June 1 at 5 p.m. ET.

A closer look at the final breeze for GI @KentuckyDerby winner GOLDEN TEMPO (inside with @jose93_ortiz up) ahead of his start in the June 6 GI @BelmontStakes at Saratoga He worked in company with stablemate So Sandy. pic.twitter.com/XRffmqYzll

— TDN (@theTDN) May 30, 2026

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Preakness Winner Napoleon Solo Sold, Still To Target Haskell

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GI Preakness Stakes winner Napoleon Solo (Liam’s Map) has been sold to ESPOIR USA, Inc. for an undisclosed amount, according to a report by the Daily Racing Form’s David Grening.

Previously owned by Al Golds’s Gold Square LLC, the two-time Grade I winner will remain with trainer Chad Summers who told Grening, “Very appreciative of everything that Al did to get us to this point. It’s going to feel awkward putting different blinkers and different silks on him, but Napoleon’s still Napoleon and we’re excited to make him champion 3-year-old at the end of the year, and they can hold the trophy up together,” Summers said. “I’m appreciative of the new owner allowing us to keep the horse.”

Napoleon Solo remains on target for the GI Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park July 18. The colt’s new connections plan to race him next year as a 4-year-old. At the conclusion of his racing career, he will retire to Lane’s End, bloodstock agent David Ingordo told the DRF.

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Derby Winner Golden Tempo Puts In Final Breeze Before Shipping For Belmont On Sunday

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Golden Tempo (Curlin), the Keeneland-based winner of GI Kentucky Derby, on Saturday had his final work in preparation for the GI Belmont Stakes June 6 at Saratoga Race Course, the track said in a press release on Saturday morning.

With jockey Jose Ortiz aboard for trainer Cherie DeVaux, the colt covered four furlongs on a fast track in :48.20.

At 7:30 a.m. ET–after the first morning renovation period–Golden Tempo worked on the inside of 4-year-old stakes placed winner So Sandy (Omaha Beach). Golden Tempo produced fractions of :23.80, :36, :48.20 and out five-eighths in 1:01 and three-quarters in 1:14.80.

Golden Tempo is expected to leave for New York on Sunday afternoon.

A homebred racing for Phipps Stable and St. Elias Stable, Golden Tempo charged from last place to win the Kentucky Derby by a neck. The following day, he returned to DeVaux’s barn at the Keeneland Training Center–commonly called “Rice Road” after the road that runs from Versailles Road through the west side of Keeneland’s property to Van Meter Road.

Golden Tempo had three works here: four furlongs in :48.60 on a fast track on Friday, May 15; five furlongs in 1:00.20 on a good track on Saturday, May 23; and Saturday’s move.

A son of Curlin, Golden Tempo has won three races in five starts and earned $3,433,000. At Fair Grounds in New Orleans, he won the Jan. 17 GIII Lecomte Stakes and was third in both the Feb. 14 GII Risen Star Stakes and the Mar. 21 GII Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby.

Golden Tempo then shipped to Keeneland, where he had four weekly timed works before the Kentucky Derby.

The draw for post positions for the Belmont will be held Monday, June 1 at 5 p.m. ET.

A closer look at the final breeze for GI @KentuckyDerby winner GOLDEN TEMPO (inside with @jose93_ortiz up) ahead of his start in the June 6 GI @BelmontStakes at Saratoga He worked in company with stablemate So Sandy. pic.twitter.com/XRffmqYzll

— TDN (@theTDN) May 30, 2026

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Preakness Winner Napoleon Solo Sold, Still To Target Haskell

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GI Preakness Stakes winner Napoleon Solo (Liam’s Map) has been sold to ESPOIR USA, Inc. for an undisclosed amount, according to a report by the Daily Racing Form’s David Grening.

Previously owned by Al Golds’s Gold Square LLC, the two-time Grade I winner will remain with trainer Chad Summers who told Grening, “Very appreciative of everything that Al did to get us to this point. It’s going to feel awkward putting different blinkers and different silks on him, but Napoleon’s still Napoleon and we’re excited to make him champion 3-year-old at the end of the year, and they can hold the trophy up together,” Summers said. “I’m appreciative of the new owner allowing us to keep the horse.”

Napoleon Solo remains on target for the GI Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park July 18. The colt’s new connections plan to race him next year as a 4-year-old. At the conclusion of his racing career, he will retire to Lane’s End, bloodstock agent David Ingordo told the DRF.

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