Pakistan, May 4 -- With the odds stacked heavily against him, Golden Tempo stormed to an improbable victory at the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, making trainer Cherie DeVaux the first woman to saddle the winner of the most famous horse race in the United States. Sent off at the odds of 24-1 in the race on Saturday, Golden Tempo broke slowly under jockey Jose Ortiz and trailed the 18-horse field before threading through traffic and unleashing a late charge from the outside to claim the "Run for the Roses" by a neck on a brisk day in Louisville, Kentucky.

Renegade, the 5-1 cofavourite ridden by Ortiz's brother Irad Ortiz Jr, finished second while 70-1 longshot Ocelli was third in front of a crowd of 150,415. DeVaux burst into tears of...