Mystik Dan wins 2024 Kentucky Derby with 18-1 odds in photo finish
Lightly regarded Mystik Dan scored a thrilling upset at the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, winning by a nose and bringing a career Triple Crown to trainer Kenny McPeek.
Lightly regarded Mystik Dan scored a thrilling upset at the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, winning by a nose and bringing a career Triple Crown to trainer Kenny McPeek.
Rail-riding Mystik Dan stuck his snout in front of second favorite Sierra Leone and Forever Young for the dramatic three-horse photo-finish victory that took several minutes to hash out.
He was listed at 20-1 on the morning line and fans showed a little bit more faith in him, betting him down to 18-1 by the start.
“I wasn’t sure if we had won,” jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. told NBC Sports shortly after the race. “So it was quite a rush to sit here and wait for it.”
Mystik Dan came to Louisville with a relatively thin resume that included a third-place finish at the Arkansas Derby and a win at the Grade III Southwest Stakes.
Rating: 5