Kentucky Derby 2024: Results and payouts as Mystik Dan wins 150th Run for the Roses

The 150th running of the Kentucky Derby belongs to Mystik Dan

Mystik Dan has captured the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby with stunning victory that gave a star-studded crowd of 156,710 plenty to cheer about in a three-way photo finish.

Fierceness jumped out to an early lead with Just Steel and Track Phantom right behind, jockeying for position around the first turn where Track Phantom took control. But as always the race didn’t truly begin until the final stretch, where Sierra Leone (9-2) came from 14 lengths back to make a charge up front and Mystik Dan (18-1) surged along the rail as Forever Young (7-1) budged into the pack. It took until a few moments after the race ended before anyone truly knew for sure who captured the win.

It’s the first win for trainer Kenny McPeek, who won the Kentucky Oaks on Friday at Churchill Downs with jockey Brian Hernandez, Jr.

WOW.

Mystik Dan WINS the 150th Kentucky Derby in a PHOTO FINISH! pic.twitter.com/N2jfd2TsKe

— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) May 4, 2024

At the wire! Mystik Dan wins the 150th Kentucky Derby. pic.twitter.com/2aiutu2mWz

— Kentucky Derby (@KentuckyDerby) May 4, 2024

2024 Kentucky Derby Payouts

1. Mystik Dan ($39.22, $16.22, $10.00)
2. Sierra Leone (N/A, $6.54, $4.64)
3.  Forever Young (N/A, N/A, $5.58)

(Based on $2 bet)

$2.00 Exacta: $258.56

$1.00 Trifecta: $1,113.84

$1.00 Superfecta: $8,254.00

Purse Payouts

1. Mystik Dan $3,100,000
2. Sierra Leone $1,000,000
3. Forever Young $500,000
4. Catching Freedom $250,000
5. T O Password $150,000