Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan headlines Santa Anita opening day on Thursday
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan headlines Santa Anita opening day on Thursday

LA Times  

Trainer Kenny McPeek raises the trophy given to the winner of the Kentucky Derby. I think it’s a good opportunity to prove that he can.” Mystik Dan hasn’t raced since the Belmont Stakes, the third Triple Crown races in five weeks. The hardest part of this trip was getting him there.” Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. gets a high-five from trainer Kenny McPeek while aboard Mystik Dan in the Kentucky Derby Winner’s Circle. “McPeek made every right move, many of which were ‘good for the game.’” In a sport that retires its stars instead of running them, McPeek is very much looking forward to Mystik Dan’s 4-year-old campaign. “I’d like to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic, the Dubai World Cup, the Saudi Cup, the Arc de Triomphe, the English Derby and the English Oaks,” he said with a chuckle.

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Raging Torrent wins Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita with Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan in last
2 weeks ago

Raging Torrent wins Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita with Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan in last

Associated Press  

ARCADIA, Calif. — Raging Torrent won the $200,000 Malibu Stakes by 1 1/4 lengths on Thursday at Santa Anita, with Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan finishing last in the final Grade 1 stakes of the year in the United States. Ridden by Frankie Dettori, Raging Torrent ran seven furlongs in 1:21.54 and paid $7.20 to win as the 5-2 favorite …

Raging Torrent beats Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan on opening day at Santa Anita
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Raging Torrent beats Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan on opening day at Santa Anita

LA Times  

If you believe in horse racing’s future in California, there is no better place to realize it than opening day at Santa Anita. It is definitely worth all the work when something like this happens.” The first stakes was the Grade 2 $200,000 Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes, formerly known as the San Antonio for horses 3 and up going 1-1/16 …

Belmont with Kentucky Derby and Preakness winners could be the best of these Triple Crown races
7 months ago

Belmont with Kentucky Derby and Preakness winners could be the best of these Triple Crown races

Associated Press  

Horse racing history of all kinds is being made Saturday in the final Triple Crown race of the year. Five weeks since Mystik Dan finished a nose ahead of Sierra Leone in the Derby and three weeks since he was second to Seize the Grey in the Preakness, all three are in the 10-horse field in the Belmont for a …

Forget the Triple Crown. Even the Derby-Preakness double has been too much to ask of late
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Forget the Triple Crown. Even the Derby-Preakness double has been too much to ask of late

Associated Press  

BALTIMORE — The Preakness has turned into a quite a spoiler lately on the road to the Triple Crown. Mystik Dan’s 2 1/4-length defeat Saturday marked the sixth consecutive year the Kentucky Derby winner failed to win the Preakness. It just wasn’t his day, but he’ll live to race again.” After a dramatic Derby win in a three-horse photo finish, …

Mystik Dan looks like the horse to beat in the Preakness on what could be a muddy track
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Mystik Dan looks like the horse to beat in the Preakness on what could be a muddy track

Associated Press  

BALTIMORE — His father was a mudder. No, Mystik Dan doesn’t need a sloppy track — or “Seinfeld” character Cosmo Kramer’s comedic endorsement — in the Preakness on Saturday because the Kentucky Derby winner has raced and thrived in all kinds of conditions. “It’s not a given: We’ve got to run a good race,” Mystik Dan trainer Kenny McPeek said …

Why Mystik Dan’s Triple Crown chances are better than you might expect
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Mystik Dan’s Triple Crown chances are better than you might expect

LA Times  

The week started with the highly unusual situation where the winner of the Kentucky Derby was not the favorite to win the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown. … We’re ready to go either way.” Robby Albarado, a former jockey who is currently exercising Mystik Dan in the morning, was a bit more of a weather …

Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan settles in at Pimlico ahead of the Preakness
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan settles in at Pimlico ahead of the Preakness

Associated Press  

BALTIMORE — Mystik Dan exerted so much energy winning the Kentucky Derby by a nose in the race’s closest finish in 75 years that there was no guarantee his camp would send him to the Preakness to chase the second jewel of the Triple Crown. After two or three days at Churchill, said that he was right back in the …

Preakness Stakes storylines: Will Mystik Dan be the next Triple Crown winner?
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Preakness Stakes storylines: Will Mystik Dan be the next Triple Crown winner?

LA Times  

Now that it’s confirmed that Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan is going to run in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, the talk of a possible Triple Crown can start. There is already discussion that this is not a legitimate Triple Crown, especially if two of the races are at the same distance and some of the …

Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan will run in Preakness Stakes
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan will run in Preakness Stakes

LA Times  

Trainer Kenny McPeek raises the trophy with his family after Mystik Dan won the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Mystik Dan, winner of the Kentucky Derby a week ago, will be entered in the 149th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore a week from Saturday. The alarm bells sounded on Sunday …

Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan might be skipping Preakness Stakes
8 months ago

Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan might be skipping Preakness Stakes

LA Times  

Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. celebrates in the Winner’s Circle after riding Mystik Dan to victory in the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs. Kenny McPeek, trainer of the Kentucky Derby winner, said Sunday morning that he has not committed to going to Baltimore to race May 18 after the horse seemed a little off after …

Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan crowned after thrilling three-way photo finish
8 months ago

Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan crowned after thrilling three-way photo finish

The Independent  

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Mystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby by a nose in the closest 3-horse photo finish since 1947
8 months ago

Mystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby by a nose in the closest 3-horse photo finish since 1947

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The 150th Kentucky Derby produced one of the most dramatic finishes in its storied history — three noses at the wire. Sierra Leone with jockey Tyler Gaffalione, Forever Young with jockey Ryusei Sakai and Mystik Dan with jockey Brian Hernandez Jr., cross the finish line at Churchill Downs during the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby horse …

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