Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby
The 2024 Kentucky Derby (officially, the 150th Running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve) was the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby. It took place on May 4, 2024, at Churchill Downs, in Louisville, Kentucky. The race was open to 20 horses, who qualified through the 2024 Road to the Kentucky Derby.
Mystik Dan won in a three-way photo finish, at 18:1 odds. He and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. held off late charges by Sierra Leone and Forever Young to reach the wire first by a nose. It was the first nose margin victory in this event since the 1996 Kentucky Derby won by Grindstone and the first three-horse photo finish in this race since the 1947 Kentucky Derby, which was won by Jet Pilot.
One day before the Kentucky Derby, Hernandez and trainer Kenny McPeek teamed up with Thorpedo Anna to win the Kentucky Oaks. McPeek became the first trainer since 1952 to win the Kentucky Oaks and the Kentucky Derby in the same year.
The Kentucky Oaks celebrated its 150th running on Friday, May 3rd, 2024. The Kentucky Oaks is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies held on the Friday before the Kentucky Derby each year. The race currently covers 1+1⁄8 miles (1,800 m) at Churchill Downs; the horses carry 121 pounds (55 kg). The winner gets $846,300 of the $1,500,000 purse, and a large garland blanket of lilies, resulting in the nickname "Lilies for the Fillies." A silver Kentucky Oaks Trophy is presented to the winner.
Thorpedo Anna, trained by Kenny McPeek, won the 150th Kentucky Oaks on Friday with a time of 1:50.83. "Just F Y I" came in second place and Regulatory Risk came in third.
The first race was held in 1875 and founded by Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr., along with the Kentucky Derby, Clark Handicap and Falls City Handicap. The Oaks and Derby are the oldest continuously contested sporting events in American history.
TL;DR
2024 Kentucky Derby: Mystik Dan won in a 3-way photo finish at 18:1 odds.
Kentucky Oaks: Thorpedo Anna, trained by Kenny McPeek, won the 150th running.