For a Kentucky Derby winning jockey: 2 wins at a historic place in an amazing weekend show

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• Updated: May. 05, 2024, 7:16 a.m.|
• Published: May. 05, 2024, 6:56 a.m.

Brian Hernandez Jr. celebrates in the winner's circle after riding Mystik Dan to win the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP

They call the Kentucky Derby the race where dreams come true. But that depends on who is doing the calling and where he is sitting.

On Saturday, Brian Hernandez Jr., a 38-year-old jockey out of Lafayette, La., wasn't riding a horse. He was locked in a dream path to victory that only could have been mapped out by whatever mythological jockey had been given a free pass to ride Pegasus.

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