2026年5月4日 / 美国东部时间下午12:40 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
凭借“黄金节奏”在这场“奔向玫瑰”赛事中后来居上的胜利，谢里·德沃成为首位训练出肯塔基德比冠军的女性驯马师，她于周末回顾了自己的历史地位。
“我一直都说，我只是一名恰巧是女性的驯马师，”德沃周一在接受哥伦比亚广播公司新闻采访时表示。
此前仅有另外17名女性训练过参加德比大赛的赛马，最近一次是在2021年。如今已有一位女性驯马师跻身冠军圈，德沃希望有更多女性能效仿她。
“说实话，能成为其他女性、年轻女孩可以仰望的榜样，这是一种荣耀，”德沃说道。“你知道，我们在这个行业中代表不足，我不清楚原因，但希望这种情况能有所改变。”
德沃的职业生涯并非一开始就朝着丘吉尔唐斯赛马场——肯塔基德比的举办地——的冠军圈迈进。大学时期她主修医学预科，立志成为一名物理治疗师。
“我想要一份能负担得起养马开销的工作，毕竟马可不便宜，”德沃说。
她表示自己一生都在骑马，最终职业生涯转向了驯马和赛马训练。
“这一切都是顺其自然发生的，并非一条线性的成长路径，”她说。
八年前在结识丈夫后，她开始独立创业训练赛马。
“最初三年起步非常缓慢，就像‘黄金节奏’一样，”德沃说，她指的是这匹枣色公马在德比大赛初期一直处于最后一名，之后一路冲刺至终点。
随着赛马三冠赛的下一赛站——5月16日举行的必利时锦标——即将到来，这位德比冠军驯马师表示，“黄金节奏”是否参赛只由一个人说了算。
“决定权在它手里，”她说。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/cherie-devaux-on-making-history-with-golden-tempos-kentucky-derby-win/
Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Cherie DeVaux hopes more women will succeed in horse racing after historic win
May 4, 2026 / 12:40 PM EDT / CBS News
Cherie DeVaux reflected on her place in history over the weekend after becoming the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner with Golden Tempo’s come-from-behind victory at the Run for the Roses.
“I’ve always just said I’m a horse trainer that happens to be female,” DeVaux told CBS News on Monday.
Only 17 other women have trained horses who ran in the Derby, most recently in 2021. Now that one has made it to the winner’s circle, DeVaux hopes more will follow.
“It’s an honor, honestly, to just be that person that other women, young girls can look up to,” DeVaux said. “You know, we are underrepresented in the industry, and I’m not sure why, but hopefully that changes.”
Golden Tempo’s trainer Cherie DeVaux kisses the trophy after the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, May 2, 2026, in Louisville, Kentucky. Matt Stone/USA Today Network via Imagn Images
DeVaux wasn’t always on a path that headed toward the winner’s circle at Churchill Downs, the Derby’s home. In college, she was pre-med and studied to become a physical therapist.
“I wanted to have a life that afforded horses ’cause they’re not cheap,” DeVaux said.
She said she’s ridden horses all her life, and eventually her career shifted to exercising and training horses.
“This kind of just happened, this wasn’t a linear journey,” she said.
She made the jump to training horses on her own eight years ago after meeting her husband.
“The first three years were really slow to get started, kind of like Golden Tempo,” DeVaux said, referring to the bay colt being in last place early on in the Derby before surging towards the finish line.
With the next leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown coming up with the Preakness on May 16, the Derby winner’s trainer said there’s only one vote that matters on whether Golden Tempo will enter the race.
“It’s up to him,” she said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/cherie-devaux-on-making-history-with-golden-tempos-kentucky-derby-win/
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