Mystik Dan received the a hundred and fiftieth Kentucky Derby in a photograph end, edging out Endlessly Younger and Sierra Leone for the upset victory.

Despatched off at 18-1 odds, Mystik Dan and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. rode the rail down the stretch with a brief lead. Sierra Leona, the second selection at 9-2 odds, and Endlessly Younger from Japan gave chase and pressured the chief to the wire in entrance of 156,710 at Churchill Downs.

It was simply the tenth Kentucky Derby determined by a nostril — the closest margin in horse racing — and the primary since Grindstone wore the garland of crimson roses in 1996.

The group waited a number of minutes earlier than the outcome was reviewed by the stewards and declared official.

“The longest couple of minutes of my life,” Hernandez mentioned after he and Bay Colt walked in circles whereas the gorgeous outcome was settled. “To see your quantity flash as much as win the Derby, I do not assume it’ll sink in for some time.”

Fierceness, the 3-1 favourite, completed fifteenth within the area of 20 3-year-olds.

Mystik Dan ran 1 1/4 miles in 2:03.34 and paid $39.22, $16.32 and $10.

Hernandez and coach Kenny McPeek had teamed for a wire-to-wire win within the Kentucky Oaks for fillies on Friday with Thorpedo Anna. McPeek is the primary coach to brush each races since Ben Jones in 1952 and the fourth ever.

McPeek’s solely different victory in a Triple Crown race was additionally a shocker: 70-1 Sarava received the 2002 Belmont Stakes — the largest upset in that race’s historical past. The colt spoiled the Triple Crown bid of Struggle Emblem.

Sierra Leone returned $6.54 and $4.64. Endlessly Younger was one other nostril again in third and paid $5.58 to indicate.

Sierra Leone lugged in and bumped Endlessly Younger thrice within the stretch, however jockey Ryusei Sakai did not declare foul.