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By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief

CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, LOUISVILLE, Kentucky-Thousands of Derby fans gathered at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on Saturday to witness the biggest horse race in America,  the 152nd Run For the Roses.

Ridden by jockey Jose Ortiz, Golden Temple, a 23-1 longshot, won the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby, winning the first leg of the coveted Triple Crown.

The Cherie Devaux-trained horse won with a time of 2:02.7 after closing at 23-1 odds, with Renegade placing and  Ocelli showing.

This year marks the first time in Derby history that a horse trained by a woman has come in first place.

"I don't know what to say, " Devaux told reporters after winning her first Derby. "I am estatic."

The 18 horses that took to the racetrack for a two-and-a-half-mile run competed for a winning purse of $3.1 million, which went to the first-place winner. The total purse was $5 million, and the top five horses received payouts, including $1 million for second place, $500,000 for third, $250,000 for fourth, and $150,000 for fifth place. Below are the payouts for a $2 exacta bet, the Trifecta and the Superfecta

If Golden Temple wins the Preakness on May 16 and subsequently the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, the second and third legs of the Triple Crown, respectively, he will have won the Triple Crown, more recently behind Justify in 2018, American Pharaoh in 2015, Affirmed in 1978, Seattle Slew in 1977, and Secretariat in 1973.

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