WATCH: How Mystik Dan held off Sierra Leone, Forever Young in dramatic Kentucky Derby finish“It still hasn’t sunk in, it’s so unbelievable. We came into the weekend thinking that we had a really big chance at winning both Friday and Saturday. For the horses to pull it off for us, we have to thank the guys back in the barn. It’s definitely a surreal moment," Brian Hernandez Jr., jockey for Mystik Dan, said.
“For three weeks, I’ve felt like we were going to win both races. I can’t tell you why. Both horses have been easy to deal with, the team has done such a great job every day. There’s been no drama. I just believe in mojo, in positive energy and we’ve had a lot of it," Kenny McPeek, trainer for Mystik Dan, said.
and his team will take home $3.1 million. This year's purse increased $2 million to a record $5 million.This is the first three-horse photo finish since Jet Pilot, Phalanx and Faultless in 1947. The next leg of the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes, will take place in two weeks at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. The Belmont Stakes is set for June 8 at Belmont Park in New York.
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