LOUISVILLE, Ky.– An image surface for Mystik Dan and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. in the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby.

Trained by Lexington native Kenny McPeek, Mystik Dan edged out Sierra Leone and Forever Young from Japan. According to NBC, the last time a race was this close remained in 1996 when Grindstone and jockey Jerry Bailey won.

Hernandez and McPeek likewise won the Kentucky Oaks on Friday with Thorpedo Anna. They end up being the very first trainer-jockey duo to win both races in the very same year considering that 1952.

This was the 5th Derby install for Hernandez and his very first win. This was McPeek’s tenth Derby and his very first Derby success.

Sent at 18-1 chances, Mystik Dan rode the rail down the stretch with a brief lead. Permanently Young and Sierra Leone pushed the leader in front of a crowd of 156,710.

Mystik Dan ran 1 1/4 miles in 2:03.34 and paid $39.22 to win.

Fierceness, the 3-1 preferred, ended up 15th in the field of 20 3-year-olds. This was the 6th year the Derby favorite did not win the race.