Golden Tempo to Stand at Lane’s End After Racing Career
VERSAILLES, Ky. — Golden Tempo, the 2026 Kentucky Derby winner, will stand at Lane’s End Farm in Versailles, Kentucky, at the conclusion of his racing career, the farm announced Friday.
No timeline has been set for his retirement from racing. He is expected to make his next start in the Belmont Stakes on June 6 at Saratoga.
Derby Winner’s Current Campaign
After his Derby victory, Golden Tempo — a homebred for Phipps Stable and St. Elias Stables, trained by Cherie DeVaux — bypassed the Preakness Stakes and remains in training at Keeneland.
Golden Tempo’s sire, Curlin, stood the first seven years of his stud career at Lane’s End before moving to Hill ’n’ Dale Farm after that operation acquired an interest in him.
The St. Elias Stable of Vinnie and Teresa Viola co‑campaigned current Lane’s End stallions Liam’s Map — sire of Preakness winner Napoleon Solo — and Up to the Mark, a champion whose first foals are now yearlings.
David Ingordo, a bloodstock adviser and agent for Lane’s End and the husband of trainer DeVaux, also has ties to the connections.
“We thank St. Elias Stable and Phipps Stable for entrusting Lane’s End with Golden Tempo’s stud career,” Bill Farish of Lane’s End said in the release. “Golden Tempo fits the classic profile that Lane’s End has long been associated with, and his pedigree has a deep foundation of Grade 1 winners and producers, in addition to being by a top sire.”
Racing Record and Derby Victory
Golden Tempo has won three of five career starts.
He first emerged as a classics prospect with a victory in the Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes in January at Fair Grounds. He then placed third in both the Grade 2 Risen Star and Grade 2 Louisiana Derby before his triumph at Churchill Downs.
In the Kentucky Derby, Golden Tempo was last of 18 with a half‑mile remaining, then produced a dramatic late surge to win by a neck, cementing a historic moment as DeVaux became the first woman to train a Derby winner.
Pedigree and Family Background
Foaled and raised at Claiborne Farm, Golden Tempo continues the Phipps Stable’s storied breeding tradition. He is out of the Grade 3‑winning Bernardini mare Carrumba, a member of one of the most distinguished families in Thoroughbred racing.
Carrumba’s dam, Castanet, is a half‑sister to Grade 1 winner Dancing Forever. Within Carrumba’s first three dams are Hall of Famer Heavenly Prize, Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner Dancing Spree, and Grade 1 winners Bigger Picture, Fantastic Find, Finder’s Fee, Furlough, Good Reward, Instilled Regard, Oh What a Windfall, Persistently, and The Liberal Member.
The family has also produced notable stallions including Dancing Forever, Dancing Spree, Good Reward, and Pure Prize. The extended line includes Horse of the Year Flightline, who also stands at Lane’s End and whose first runners are expected this year.
“Golden Tempo is the direct result of our family’s generations of foundational breeding,” Daisy Phipps Pulito said in the statement. “Partnering with St. Elias Stables culminated in a historic Kentucky Derby win, and that is gratifying on so many levels.
