The 2024 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs came ideal down to the wire.
Mystik Dan edged Sierra Leone and Endlessly Youthful by a nose on Saturday, surging in advance on the ultimate change and scarcely holding on to protected an upset victory.
The race was so close it took officials numerous minutes to formally proclaim Mystik Dan as the winner.
Mystik Dan, guided by jockey Brian Hernandez Jr., formerly concluded third at the Arkansas Derby in March and gained the Grade III Southwest Stakes in February.
“Brian just did an amazing work,” Mystik Dan’s coach Ken McPeek mentioned soon after the race. “Just a outstanding, outstanding jockey and trip.”
McPeek completed a occupation Triple Crown as a trainer, formerly winning the Preakness in 2020 with Swiss Skydiver and the 2002 Belmont Stakes with Sarava.
Mystik Dan will have a chance to notch the next title of a Triple Crown pursuit on Might 18 at the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore.
