Mystik Dan (18-1) gained the 150th Kentucky Derby on Saturday, and a photo finish was wanted to test the consequence.
It was the primary time in 28 years that the Kentucky Derby was gained by a nostril, and simply the tenth ever.
Track Phantom (41-1) and Just Steel (21-1) led on the ¾ mile mark, with the 3-1 favourite in Fierceness in third.
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Mystik Dan #3, ridden by jockey Brian J. Hernandez Jr. crosses the finish line to win the 150th operating of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 04, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Justin Casterline/Getty Images)
But Mystik Dan, ridden by Brian Hernandez Jr., was on the within and busted by way of the pack after the ultimate flip.
Mystik Dan led by a number of lengths within the remaining stretch, however Sierra Leone, the second-highest favourite at 5-1) crept up on the skin, pushing Japanese horse Forever Young towards the railing.
Those three horses had been inside noses of one another, but it surely was Mystik Dan’s that crossed the road first.
Fierceness, the Todd Pletcher-trained colt, was the 3-1 morningline favourite to win the Run of the Roses., butÂ
A normal view of Churchill Downs forward of the 149th operating of the Kentucky Derby on May 06, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
This yr’s race got here with a lot much less controversy than final yr’s, as a dozen horses died at Churchill Days within the days, and even hours, main as much as that race.
Notably absent from this yr’s race can be Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who’s two-year ban was prolonged by way of 2024, making this the third Kentucky Derby through which a Baffert-trained horse is not going to be competing.Â
A six-time winner on the Derby, Baffert was banned after 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit was stripped of the title following a failed post-race drug check – the horse died of a coronary heart assault that December.
Visitors take a look at the brand new $200 million paddock at Churchill Downs Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. The 150th operating of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, May 4. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Mystik Dan will now formally start the hunt for a Triple Crown on the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course on May 18.
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