THEY'RE OFF!
IN THE KENTUCKY DERBY!
FIERCENESS HAD AN OKAY START.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK, GOING
TO THE LEAD AND NOW VELAZQUEZ
GETS HIM UP AND FIRST TIME,
MYSTIK DAN ON THE INSIDE.
DORNOCH IS NEXT.
AND DOMESTIC PRODUCT, AND THEN
ON THE INSIDE, THREE HORSES
MEET.
T O PASSWORD, HONOR MARIE AND
ENDLESSLY.
COMING UP, RUN THE FIRST HALF.
IN 46.3 SECONDS.
EVING IT UP.
THE LEADER, AND PERCHED UP ON
THE OUTSIDE SECOND.
OUTSIDE OF THEM, STRONGHOLD,
MYSTIK DAN TO THE INSIDE.
EPIC RIDE, THREE WIDE.
AND LOOK BACK TOWARD SIERRA
LEONE ABOUT 14 LENGTHS BEHIND
AND PASSING THE HALF MILE POLE
WIT LEAD AND FIERCENESS IS
MOVING NOW AND GOING RIGHT FOR
JUST STEEL.
THREE ACROSS THE TRACK.
MYSTIK DAN IN THE INSIDE.
STRONGHOLD BACK THEND
FIERCENESS.
AND FOREVER YOUNG AND FOREVER
YOUNG STARTING TO PICK IT UP
RUNNING TOWARDS TOP OF THE RAIL.
FIERCENESS MOVING UP OUTSIDE.
THEY'RE ON THE FAR OUTSIDE, HERE
COMES A RUN FROM STRONGHOLD AND
RESILIENCE AND RESILIENCE TAKES
THE LEAD.
GOING AWAY, AND MYSTIK DAN IS
OUT.
ON THE INSIDE.
IT IS MYSTIK DAN DOWN TOWARDS
THE INSIDE WITH THE LEAD IN THE
FINAL, FOREVER YOUNG AND
FIERCENESS, THE LEAD -- OH, IT'S
A PHOTO FINISH WITH MYSTIK DAN,
IS IT MYSTIK DAN OR SIERRA
LEONE?
A PHOTO FINISH TO DECIDE THE
150th KENTUCKY DERBY!
>> ONE OF THE TIGHTEST FINISHES
WE HAVE SEEN IN THE DERBY.
IN 1996, JERRY RODE RHINESTONE
WIN BY A NOSE.
TOO CLOSE TO CALL AND DETERMINED
BY A PHOTO.
THE LAST TIME THIS CLOSE IN
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO WON THE
DERBY.
IT'S A BOBBLE OF HEADS AT THE
END.
>> WE GET A TIGHT LOOK NOW AT
THE FINISH AS THE THREE COME
DOWN TOWARDS THE END.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE --
>> MYSTIK DAN.
>> BY A NOSE.
BY A FLARED NOSTRIL BUT
OBVIOUSLY A VERY, A VERY, VERY
SUBJECTIVE AND UNOFFICIAL
THOUGHT.
>> MYSTIK DAN ON THE INSIDE.
IT IS THE MIRROR THERE THAT WILL
GET THE PHOTO.
SO AT THE END THERE, YOU WATCH
THEM BOB, THE ONLY LOOK, RIGHT
DOWN THE LINE.
THAT DRAMATIC FINISH HERE.
ONE MORE LOOK AT THE VERY END.
THE MIRROR IS WHERE WE'RE
LOOKING.
>> THE HORSE HOLDING OFF THE
OTHER TWO AT THE END.
>> A BRILLIANT DECISION BY
JOCKEY RYAN HERNANDEZ TO FORCE
HIS WAY THROUGH ON THE RAIL
TURNING FOR HOME.
THAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE, MIKE,
IN WINNING OR LOSING.
>> IF IT'S MYSTIK DAN IT IS THE
KENTUCKY OAKS DOUBLE.
FOR THE 3-YEAR-OLD, FILLIES FROM
YESTERDAY.
150-PLUS HERE AT CHURCHILL
DOWNS.
OOPS.
DOUBLE-DOUBLE!
BEN JONES IN 1952.
SLO-MO FINISH, THINKS HE GOT IT.
>> ALL CLEAR!
WHEE!
>> CAME OVER -- WATCHED IT ON
THE REPLAY.
>> THEY SAW THE SAME THING WE
DID.
THE NUMBERS HAVE NOT YET GONE UP
ON THE BOARD.
>> AND THE JOCKEY DID A DOUBLE
IN THE OAKS IN THE DERBY 2009.
FAMOUS LATE RUN AT THE END ON
THE RAILS.
BRIAN HERNANDEZ JR. MAY IN FACT
HAVE A FIRST DERBY WIN.
AND FOR KENNY McPEEK.
MOVE ON THE END TAKE THE LEAD
AND HOLD THEM OFF.
SIERRA LEONE HAD TO TURN A
LITTLE BIT.
FOUR WIDE AND ON THE RAIL.
HUGE DIFFERENCE RIGHT THERE.
AND SIERRA LEONE, STILL COMES
WITH A HUGE RUN, AND WHERE'S
COMPETITION DOWN LATE?
MYSTIK DAN, EXACTLY THE WAY HE
WON THE -- RIGHT UP THE RAILS.
>> SAME KIND OF RAIL RUNNER.
COMING DOWN THE STRETCH.
RIGHT?
SIERRA LEONE'S DOING HIS THING
AGAIN AND LOOKING IN, AND
BUMPING A LITTLE BIT FOREVER
YOUNG.
FINISHED ALONGSIDE.
THAT DIDN'T HELP HIM ANY, BUT,
WOW.
>> KENNY, WITH KENNY McPEEK.
WITH ME IS KENNY McPEEK.
KENNY, CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
I MEAN, HAVEN'T POSTED IT YET.
YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY -- BRIAN
DID AN AMAZING JOB.
I MEAN, JUST A BRILLIANT,
BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT JOCKEY, AND
RIDER.
YOU KNOW?
THE DRAW HELPED US FROM THE
BEGINNING.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
I WAS SHOCKED WITH -- BRIAN'S
AMAZING.
ONE OF THE MOST UNDER -- NOT ANY
MORE.
>> YOU THOUGHT YOUR HORSE WAS A
LITTLE OVERLOOKED.
OKAY.
BEST SHOT OF THE OTHER HORSES
YOU EVER BROUGHT HERE?
>> FOR SURE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE GREATEST.
>> YES!
YES!