Kenny McPeek-trained colt wins thrilling raceSierra Leone takes second and Forever Young third
Mystik 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 third in the $5m race, the closest finish to a Kentucky Derby in nearly three decades.
