Upon the conclusion of his racing career G1 Kentucky Derby Winner Golden Tempo will enter stud at Lane’s End Farm.
A homebred for Phipps Stable & St. Elias Stables, LLC, Golden Tempo broke his maiden as a two-year-old at the Fair Grounds in his first start. He began his three-year-old campaign with a win in the G3 Lecomte S. in his second start, putting himself on the Derby Trail. Never off the board in his career, the Cherie DeVaux trainee powered home to win a thrilling edition of the G1 Kentucky Derby, cementing his place as a top three-year-old in 2026 and giving DeVaux a historic victory as the first female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby. He then cemented his place as the top three-year-old of 2026, with a definitive victory in G1 Belmont S.
“Golden Tempo is the direct result of our family’s generations of foundational breeding. Partnering with St. Elias Stables culminated in a historic Kentucky Derby win, and that is gratifying on so many levels,” said co-breeder Daisy Phipps Pulito.
Golden Tempo is by perennial leading sire Curlin, the sire of 26 grade 1 winners, including four other classic winners. Curlin has sired six individual Eclipse Champions and six Breeders’ Cup winners who have accumulated a total of eight Breeders’ Cup Wins.
“We’d like to thank St. Elias Stable and Phipps Stable for entrusting Lane’s End with Golden Tempo’s stud career. Golden Tempo fits the classic profile that Lane’s End has long been associated with, and his pedigree has such a deep foundation of grade 1 winners and producers, in addition to being by a top sire, ” said Lane’s End’s Bill Farish.
Golden Tempo’s grade 1 placed graded stakes winning dam Carrumba is a fifth generation homebred for the Phipps, tracing back to their foundation mare Blitey and is by leading broodmare sire Bernardini. Golden Tempo’s deep pedigree contains seven other grade 1 winners through four generations including multiple grade 1 winning Champion Three-Year-Old Heavenly Prize along with grade 1 winners Dancing Forever, Dancing Spree, Good Reward, Oh What a Windfall, Fantastic Find, and Furlough.
