The 2024 Kentucky Derby (officially, the 150th Running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve) was the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby. It took place on May 4, 2024, at Churchill Downs, in Louisville, Kentucky. The race was open to 20 horses, who qualified through the 2024 Road to the Kentucky Derby.
Mystik Dan won in a three-way photo finish, at 18:1 odds. He and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. held off late charges by Sierra Leone and Forever Young to reach the wire first by a nose. It was the first nose margin victory in this event since the 1996 Kentucky Derby won by Grindstone and the first three-horse photo finish in this race since the 1947 Kentucky Derby, which was won by Jet Pilot.
One day before the Kentucky Derby, Hernandez and trainer Kenny McPeek teamed up with Thorpedo Anna to win the Kentucky Oaks. McPeek became the first trainer since 1952 to win the Kentucky Oaks and the Kentucky Derby in the same year.
Fabulous video ! What an experience that must have been. Something I for one would always remember vividly....... Did you film the crowd singing "my old kentucky home"? If that could be inserted into this tape, that would be awesome. I'm not even American, but that music and the KY Derby crowd singing the song gives me chills. I've been to Keeneland but not CD. From that vantage point you had a really good view. I noticed the finish line looks to be almost at the end of the stretch. Quite facility.
I didn't record "Old Kentucky Home" but I wish I had done so. A lot of people removed their hats and held hand over heart while singing. Keeneland is also a fantastic place.