Surrounded by dozens of reporters and photographers in the media scrum at Churchill Downs that follows a winning trainer the morning after the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, Cherie DeVaux paused briefly to take in the May 3 scene.

Jena Antonucci became the first woman to train the winner of a Triple Crown race when she conditioned Arcangelo to victory in the 2023 Belmont Stakes, the third and final leg of the Triple Crown.