When is the 2024 Kentucky Derby? The annual Run for the Roses takes place Saturday, May 4 at Churchill Downs at 6:57 p.m. ET
Bay colt wins in closest Kentucky Derby finish since 1996Sierra Leone takes second and Forever Young thirdMystik Dan won the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby in a heart-pounding three-horse photo finish on Saturday at Churchill Downs.The bay colt trained by Kenny McPeek and ridden by Brian Hernandez Jr, who went off at 18-1 odds, held off Sierra Leone by a nose with the Japanese colt Forever Young a whisper behind in third, the closest finish to a Kentucky Derby in nearly three decades....
The 150th Kentucky Derby produced one of the most dramatic finishes in its storied history as Mystik Dan desperately fought to hang on with two challengers coming to him in the closing strides.
Mystik Dan won the 150th Kentucky Derby in a three-horse photo finish, edging out Sierra Leone by a nose with Forever Young third in the tightest finish since 1996 on Saturday.
Sent off at 18-1 odds, Mystik Dan and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. rode the rail down the stretch with a short lead. Forever Young from Japan and Sierra Leone gave chase and pressured the leader to the wire in front of 156,710 at Churchill Downs.
Sent off at 18-1 odds, Mystik Dan and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. rode the rail down the stretch with a short lead. Forever Young from Japan and Sierra Leone gave chase and pressured the leader to the wire in front of 156,710 at Churchill Downs.
Sent off at 18-1 odds, Mystik Dan and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. rode the rail down the stretch with a short lead. Forever Young from Japan and Sierra Leone gave chase and pressured the leader to the wire in front of 156,710 at Churchill Downs.
Sent off at 18-1 odds, Mystik Dan and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. rode the rail down the stretch with a short lead. Forever Young from Japan and Sierra Leone gave chase and pressured the leader to the wire in front of 156,710 at Churchill Downs.
The 150th running of the Kentucky Derby is set for just before 7 p.m. ET.
It was the 10th Derby to be decided by a nose, the closest margin in horse
It was the 10th Derby to be decided by a nose, the closest margin in horse racing.
It was the 10th Derby to be decided by a nose, the closest margin in horse racing.