In an ordinary picture end, Mystik Dan emerged victorious on the one hundred and fiftieth working of the Kentucky Derby Saturday night time at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Mystik Dan entered the 20-horse race with 18-1 odds.
Mystik Dan will earn $3.1 million from a complete handbag of $5 million, the most important handbag within the race’s historical past. The handbag shall be crack some of the manage 5 finishers within the Derby, with $3.1 million for the winner, $1 million for the runner-up, $500,000 for 3rd park, $250,000 for fourth park and $150,000 for 5th park.
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Mystik Dan and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. rode the rail ill the stretch with a cut supremacy. Without end Younger from Japan and Sierra Leone gave chase and stressed the chief to the cord in entrance of 156,710 at Churchill Downs.
The community waited a number of mins earlier than the end result was once reviewed through the stewards and declared legitimate.
Hernandez and educator Kenny McPeek had teamed to win the Kentucky Oaks for fillies on Friday with Thorpedo Anna.
Mystik Dan ran 1 1/4 miles in 2:03.34 and paid $39.22 to win. Sierra Leone returned $6.54 and $4.64. Without end Younger was once every other nostril again in 3rd and paid $5.58 to turn. Sierra Leone lugged in and bumped Without end Younger thrice within the stretch, however jockey Ryusei Sakai didn’t declare foul.
Alex Sundby contributed reporting.
