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Mystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby by a nose in a 3-horse photo finish at Churchill Downs

Kentucky Derby Horse Racing
Brian Hernandez Jr. rides Mystik Dan, right, runs to the finish line to win the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday in Louisville, Ky.
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Sent off at 18-1 odds, Mystik Dan and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. rode the rail down the stretch with a short lead. Sierra Leone and Forever Young from Japan gave chase and pressured the leader to the wire.