Standing outside his barn at Churchill Downs on Sunday morning, trainer Kenny McPeek was asked to sum up his feelings about MYSTIK DAN‘s victory in the 150th running of the $5-million Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 4.

“Wow,” was all the Lexington native could say.

Lance Gasaway, 4 G Racing, and Daniel Hamby III’s Mystik Dan, ridden by Brian Hernandez Jr., pulled off an 18-1 upset in Saturday’s Run for the Roses, finishing a nose ahead of 4-1 Sierra Leone, who was nose in front of 7-1 Forever Young (JPN).

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