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2024 Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan will race at Preakness Stakes after all

2024 Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan is headed to the Preakness Stakes next weekend.

This year’s Preakness Stakes will feature the 2024 Kentucky Derby winner after all.

While it wasn’t a sure bet after Mystik Dan won the Run of the Roses last weekend, the horse will indeed participate at next Saturday’s Preakness Stakes in Baltimore.

Trainer Kenny McPeek said it’s “all systems go” for Mystik Dan to race next weekend and that “the horse is doing fantastic,” per ESPN.

That’ll give Mystik Dan a chance at achieving the Triple Crown with the Belmont Stakes in June another realistic goal for the horse.

If you’re headed out to Pimlico Race Course next weekend, you’ll now get the chance to see a Kentucky Derby-winning horse run for a further chance at history.

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Larry Collmus absolutely nailed his call of the electric 2024 Kentucky Derby photo finish for Mystik Dan

Larry Collmus’ broadcast call for the 2024 Kentucky Derby photo finish was outstanding.

In what’s easily the closest finish in recent Kentucky Derby history, Mystik Dan edged out the field by a nose to claim the 150th Run of the Roses on Saturday evening at Churchill Downs.

The photo finish left the crowd and viewers at home breathless and waiting to see which horse would be crowned the victor, but Mystik Dan and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. got just enough distance in the end to win.

Legendary Kentucky Derby broadcaster Larry Collmus knew exactly what an electric finish this was, and his broadcast call was absolutely fantastic.

You can hear the excitement in his voice as he clearly knows he’s calling history.

This was as exciting a Kentucky Debry as we’ve gotten in a while, as Mystik Dan ran its way into history and Collmus cemented the moment as legend with his stellar broadcast call.

You’ll want to rewind this one back and watch it again and again.

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Jockey Florent Geroux is wearing customized Creed pants during the 2024 Kentucky Derby

We didn’t have this on our 2024 Kentucky Derby bingo card.

During Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, jockey Florent Geroux and racing horse Just A Touch will hope to go … higher … in the Run for the Roses.

On his custom race pants, Geroux will be wearing the logo for the band Creed in honor of its 2024 reunion tour.

Geroux must be a big fan of the “Higher” and “My Sacrifice” rock group to spot them on his jockey pants for the 150th Kentucky Derby, so he’s got to win “Creed fan of the year” for repping the band in such a visible way.

We didn’t have Creed on our 2024 Kentucky Derby bingo card this year, but we’ll definitely take it.

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The 2024 Kentucky Derby horse numbers for every contender

Here are the horse numbers for every Kentucky Derby horse.

If you’re watching the 2024 Kentucky Derby, you’ll have the trusted voice of the legendary Larry Collmus calling the race, telling you where all the contenders are in the field as The Run For the Roses happens.

But if you’re trying to figure out where the horse you bet on or are rooting for is? We’re here to help. Here are the numbers for each of the horses you’ll see racing on Saturday:

1. Dornoch

2. Sierra Leone

3. Mystik Dan

4. Catching Freedom

5. Catalytic

6. Just Steel

7. Honor Marie

8. Just a Touch

10. T O Password

11. Forever Young

12. Track Phantom

13. West Saratoga

14. Endlessly

15. Domestic Product

16. Grand Mo the First

17. Fierceness

18. Stronghold

19. Resilience

20. Society Man

21. Epic Ride

There you have it! Don’t forget to check out our raking of the best horse names this year.

The Kentucky Derby vs. Kentucky Oaks, explained

What’s the difference between the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks? Let’s find out!

The Kentucky Derby is perhaps the most famous circuit in horse racing, but it is by far no means the only one that matters.

In fact, there is another race that is run at Churchill Downs right before the Kentucky Derby called the Kentucky Oaks. But what’s the difference between the two? It’s actually pretty simple!

In the Kentucky Oaks, only three-year-old fillies — female horses — are allowed to compete. Compare that to the Kentucky Derby, which allows all Thoroughbreds to compete, though fillies are quite rare in the race itself.

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Not only that, the Kentucky Oaks is a shorter race than its counterpart, clocking in at one and one-eighth miles compared to one and one-half miles of the Kentucky Derby. Plus, the prize pools are different, with the Kentucky Derby purse at $5 million and $3.1 million going to first place, while the Kentucky Oaks has a $1.5 million purse with at least $750,000 going to the first place winner.

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