(Mystik Dan wins the G3 Blame Stakes on Saturday / Photos by Holly M. Smith)

From the KY HBPA / Jennie Rees:

2024 Derby winner Mystik Dan captures G3 Blame

Video: Co-owner Lance Gasaway, jockey Hernandez, trainer McPeek
The video linked to below is available for media use as part of the Kentucky HBPA’s ongoing initiative to provide news outlets with supplemental content. If using video, a Kentucky HBPA credit is appreciated when feasible. Unless specified otherwise, videos were shot by Jennie Rees, tracksidejennie@gmail.com.

Video: Co-owner Lance Gasaway, jockey Brian Hernandez and trainer Kenny McPeeker after Mystik Dan won the G3 Blame Stakes Saturday to became the first Kentucky Derby winner to return to win a race at Churchill Downs since Silver Charm took the 1998 Clark Handicap. He’s also the first Derby winner to win a race as an older horse since 2014 Derby winner California Chrome won seven races at age 5.

Note: More video will be posted on the Kentucky HBPA Youtube channel:

Carl Pollard’s Mercante winning the G3 Arlington Stakes as part of trainer Brian Knippenberg’s tiny racing stable (interview with Pollard and Knippenberg)

33-1 shot Durante taking the G3 Aristides (owner-trainer David Jacobson, jockey Jose Ortiz)

Rhonda O’Rourke (whose husband, Garrett, manages Juddmonte’s American operation) winning her first graded stakes as an owner-breeder as Royal Spa takes the G3 Shawnee under Flavien Prat. (Interview with Rhonda and trainer Rodolphe Brisset).
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