With a run of exquisite command and mastery given a capable and chaotic field of 20 colts, the veritable greenhorn Justify won the 144th Kentucky Derby on Saturday evening on a track officially marked sloppy but closer to deluged. He established himself as a cemented star after snaring the lead with a half-mile to go and keeping it from there. He finished 2½ lengths in front of the Blue Grass Stakes winner Good Magic, with the Florida Derby winner Audible another head behind that. 1 of 37 Full Screen Autoplay Close Skip Ad × Best photos from the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby View Photos The hats, the fashion, the races and more from Churchill Downs. Perhaps the biggest mystery and curiosity in a race full of them, the second choice Mendelssohn, wound up last.

Source: Washington Post May 05, 2018 10:02 UTC