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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! YES! >> IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, KENNY McPEEK JUST W