By Golden Tempo won the 152nd Kentucky Derby in a shocker, emerging from the back of the field as the race unraveled in front of him. He broke without urgency and settled near the rear while the leaders set a demanding pace, the field tightly packed. Turning for home, the frontrunners began to weaken, shifting the race from a contest of speed to one of endurance. Golden Tempo advanced steadily and sustained a long, grinding rally down the stretch on the outside part of the track as rivals tired around him. He had no structural support according to current form, but carried a 5.6% WP% (17-1 equivalent odds). That underlying probability proved enough to lift him past the field and into victory.
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