BloodHorse staff members recently voted on the best races of 2024.
The Top 10 countdown started Dec. 20 and will run until Dec. 31 when the staff’s choice for “Race of the Year” will be announced.
And now, here’s No. 2:
The Kentucky Derby (G1), May 4 at Churchill Downs
How it played out
At the moment, the 1944 Carter Handicap remains the only American stakes that featured a triple-dead-heat for the win spot.
But it almost had company
On the first Saturday of May, no less.
Extend the noses of the second- and third-place finishers by a few inches and the 150th Kentucky Derby would have been historic for a reason other than turning a century-and-a-half old.
As much as the Run for the Roses has been decided by a nose before, the 2024 edition saw three horses battle to the wire and hit the finish line just inches apart in an epic finish that created doubt over who won and who was second. It was
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