LOUISVILLE, KY (May 5, 2024)<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Standing outside his barn at Churchill Downs on Sunday morning, trainer\u00a0Kenny McPeek<\/b>\u00a0was asked to sum up his feelings about\u00a0Mystik Dan\u2019s<\/b>\u00a0victory in the 150th running of the $5 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (GI) just about 12 hours earlier.<\/p>\n
\u201cWow,\u201d was all the Lexington native could say.<\/p>\n
Lance Gasaway, 4 G Racing and Daniel Hamby III<\/b>\u2019s Mystik Dan, ridden by\u00a0Brian Hernandez Jr.<\/b>, pulled off an 18-1 upset in Saturday\u2019s Run for the Roses, finishing a nose ahead of 4-1\u00a0Sierra Leone<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Tyler Gaffalione<\/b>, who was another nose in front of \u00a07-1 Forever Young (JPN), with\u00a0Ryusei Sakai<\/b>\u00a0aboard.<\/p>\n
Wow was what many of the 156,710 were saying as Hernandez used a ground-saving trip before guiding Mystik Dan through a tiny space that opened along the rail to the front. They passed a tiring\u00a0Track Phantom<\/b>, with\u00a0Joel Rosario<\/b>, then staved off a closing rush from his competition in the field of 20 3-year-olds.<\/p>\n
\u201cBrian Hernandez gave him the ride,\u201d a joyous but sleep-deprived McPeek said. \u201cLook, he doesn\u2019t win the race without the job Brian did.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Derby victory came a day after the pair teamed up win the $1.5 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (GI) for 3-year-old fillies Friday afternoon at Churchill Downs before a crowd of 107,236.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was fortunate to ride for Kenny,\u201d said Hernandez about the Derby. \u201cHe and the owners entrusted in me to have the daring trip that we had. And we were fortunate to have a horse that trusted us, and he went through a couple of tight spots, and never thought twice about doing it. It was like, \u2018No problem,\u2019 and did it. It\u2019s a big team effort, more than anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
The victory in 2:03.34 for the mile-and-a-quarter was worth $3.1 million. The most recent time the Derby was decided by a nose was in 1996 when\u00a0Grindstone<\/b>\u00a0edged\u00a0Cavonnier<\/b>. To have three horses finish a nose apart in a photo finish, you have to go back to 1947, when\u00a0Jet Pilot<\/b>\u00a0finished a head in front of\u00a0Phalanx,\u00a0<\/b>who was another head in front of\u00a0Faultless<\/b>.<\/p>\n
McPeek put a call on speaker from Pimlico Race Course officials of the invitation to run Mystik Dan in the Preakness in just 13 days.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 While accepting the invite, McPeek said, \u201cWe\u2019re not committing. When I ran him back in two weeks (at Churchill Downs last November), it completely backfired. And we skipped the Rebel (at Oaklawn Park) because it was too short as well. So we\u2019ll watch him over the next week, and probably decide then. It will be a last-minute decision. We\u2019ll let him tell us.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In one of the most exciting Derby finishes, Hernandez found just enough room to squeeze Mystic Dan through along the rail.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt got pretty tight,\u201d Hernandez admitted. \u201cGoing around the second turn, I was watching those horses to the outside, and the thing about a race like that, everyone starts to make their moves. They can just stack and stack and stack, but we were just sitting there waiting. And the minute that Joel (Rosario, riding 41-1 Track Phantom) made a half a step to go meet those horses, we\u2019re shooting through. When we did that, he (Joel) tried to come back down, but by then, Mystik Dan was already through there.\u201d<\/p>\n
After slipping into the lead, Mystik Dan appeared headed to victory by a comfortable margin, but fast-closing Sierra Leone and Forever Young made it unbelievably tight at the wire.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe kind of busted through there right before we straightened up and headed for home, Hernandez said. \u201cAnd Mystik Dan switched leads, and spurted off, it was like, hurry up and get to the wire as fast as we can. It was just rolling. When we got to the eighth pole, I was thinking, wow, we\u2019re about to win the Kentucky Derby. And then, right at the wire, it was like, maybe we got beat. He never stopped running. It was the first time they were going a mile-and-a-quarter, those horses were getting to him late, but he was there for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both Hernandez and McPeek won the Oaks and Derby for the first time. McPeek became the first trainer since\u00a0Ben Jones<\/b>\u00a0in 1952 to win both the Oaks and Derby. \u201cI wish I could have met him,\u201d McPeek said.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor three weeks, I\u2019ve felt that we had a shot at winning both races,\u201d McPeek said. \u201cBoth horses have been doing fantastic. There was never any little issue, anywhere or anytime, with either horse. It was always all systems go.\u201d<\/p>\n
Two members of the partnership that owns Mystik Dan were at the McPeek barn on Sunday, checking out the horse, talking to the news media, and accepting the presentation of WWE championship title belts that the fight organization is presenting to winners at various sporting events this year.<\/p>\n
When asked how many trips to the Kentucky Derby they\u2019ve made, both\u00a0Lance Gasaway<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Sherilyn Gasaway<\/b>, wife of Lance\u2019s cousin\u00a0Brent<\/b>, made a startling admission.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust one,\u201d Lance and Sherilyn said in unison, as she held up her index finger to signify 1.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mystik Dan is a bay colt by the sire Goldencents, out of Ma\u2019am, a Colonel John mare that the partners had raced. The breeding to the Spendthrift Farm sire was a match made in heaven.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cKenny\u2019s the one who suggested it,\u201d Sharilyn Gasaway said.<\/p>\n
Whether he races in the Preakness on May 18 or not, the Derby winner will ship directly the Saratoga in upstate New York, prepping for the June 8 Belmont Stakes. McPeek and his wife have a house there, and he said they\u2019d accompany Mystik Dan while getting the house ready for the Belmont meeting at the track, and the regular Saratoga meet.<\/p>\n
McPeek said Thorpedo Anna could be headed to the Acorn Stakes (GI) on June 7, and noted that he would have reservations against running her in the Belmont Stakes against Mystik Dan.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t have Brian riding both horses,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\n
SIERRA LEONE (2nd<\/sup>)\/DOMESTIC PRODUCT (13th<\/sup>)<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Trainer\u00a0Chad Brown<\/b>\u00a0is always purposeful with his thoughts and words, mindful of his phrasing and the fact that perspective can shift on a dime in Thoroughbred racing. The morning after watching Grade I winner\u00a0Sierra Leone<\/b>\u00a0come up a nose short of Kentucky Derby winner\u00a0Mystik Dan<\/b>\u00a0during a thrilling three-horse finish on the wire, the four-time Eclipse Award winning conditioner was introspective as he sorted out the gamut of emotions running through him after his classic near-miss.<\/p>\n Brown checked on Sierra Leone first hand Sunday morning, reporting that the son of Gun Runner was tired but all good following his achingly close runner-up finish in the first leg of the Triple Crown. After showing off the colt to co-owner\u00a0Derrick\u00a0Smith<\/b>, who was on hand to also admire his gritty charge, Brown discussed what might be next for the Blue Grass Stakes (GI) victor after running a winning race that didn\u2019t yield the result to match.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s good, but he\u2019s not going to the Preakness,\u201d Brown said of Sierra Leone. \u201cI\u2019m going to take him to Saratoga tomorrow and he\u2019s going to train there for the Belmont (Stakes). He\u2019s a little tired. He\u2019s a real laid back horse but when we brought him he out, was a little more tired than he normally is after his races. I think giving him the five weeks to the Belmont is definitely the right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n Sierra Leone indeed expended tremendous energy in the Kentucky Derby as he rallied from 18th early on, made a wide, sweeping move off the far turn, traded bumps with third-place finisher\u00a0Forever Young (JPN)<\/b>\u00a0in the lane and still only came up inches short. Brown said Sierra Leone does have a tendency to lean in and that jockey\u00a0Tyler Gaffalione<\/b>\u00a0was trying to keep the colt straight in tight quarters with Forever Young without accidentally striking that rival with his stick.<\/p>\n \u201cThere was so much bumping going on there,\u201d Brown said. \u201cWhen horses are fatigued, they have a tendency to lean in a bit like he did with his last two wins and it\u2019s going to be more exaggerated when they\u2019re more tired. He had so much to do and by the time he got to the eighth pole, he was leaning in a bit.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat Tyler was attempting to do is make room for his left stick, which the horse really respects, and keep him straight. And he was looking for sort of a pathway to use his left stick. But with the bumping, the tight duel between those two horses, it disarmed him with the stick. All he had was a rein to pull on and it really hurt his momentum. He couldn\u2019t use it because he had no room to use his left stick without hitting his horse. He didn\u2019t want to do that either. So he was trying create a path no only to straighten out my horse who really respects that, he was trying not to foul the other horse with the stick.\u201d<\/p>\n Given the amount of ground Sierra Leone had to make up and the traffic he had to work his way through, Brown believes his protege ran the kind of race that further validates his belief that he brought the best horse into the 10-furlong classic.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m very proud of the horse. I\u2019m disappointed with the result, but I\u2019m so proud of the horse, Brown said. \u201cIn my mind, he ran the best race. That\u2019s no disrespect to the winner. It\u2019s just, it\u2019s a hard race to win, everything has to go right. With the winner, the horse showed up and was prepared right and he ran terrific. You have to have a trip where everything goes right.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not (Mystik Dan\u2019s) fault the doors opened for him, I wish that would have happened for me. But I don\u2019t think lesser of the winner\u2019s performance. It\u2019s just an example of two trips. But that\u2019s what has to happen here. For us, I don\u2019t think we had a bad trip. But our horse was very far back on a track that favors speed and he had to go around a lot of horses and he had a ton of ground to make up. To almost get there despite all that, I really feel he ran the best race. We\u2019ll see going forward the rest of the year where he stacks up with the entire body of work.\u201d<\/p>\n Brown added that his other Kentucky Derby starter,\u00a0Domestic Product<\/b>, emerged from his 13th<\/sup>-place run having lost a shoe and grabbed a quarter.<\/p>\n \u201cDomestic Product lost a shoe leaving the gate and grabbed his quarter pretty good,\u201d Brown said. \u201cThen he was a bit keen down the backside.\u00a0Irad<\/b>\u00a0(Ortiz Jr.)<\/b>\u00a0was trying to tuck in and he was pulling and stuff like that. He was just never happy, he never really relaxed. I\u2019m going to throw that race out. I do like that horse and hopefully he comes back good.\u201d<\/p>\n From Brown, Sierra Leone\u2019s defeat marked the third time he has sent out a horse who finished in the top three of the Derby. Brown saddled champion Good Magic\u00a0to a runner-up finish behind eventual Triple Crown winner Justify in 2018 and had Zandon come home third to long shot winner Rich Strike in 2022.<\/p>\n \u201cI really felt I had the best horse,\u201d Brown said of Sierra Leone. \u201cNobody was really going to convince me otherwise. I wasn\u2019t going to broadcast it, but I knew what I had. But I also went in prepared for the worse because it\u2019s such a hard race to win. Little things can change fate. It can be brutal dealing with the agony of defeat sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n \n FOREVER YOUNG (JPN) (3rd<\/sup>)<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Susumu Fujita<\/b>\u2019s\u00a0Forever Young (JPN)\u00a0<\/b>was scheduled to return to Japan on Tuesday starting with a van trip to Chicago and then a flight to Narita.<\/p>\n Fujita left Louisville after the race Saturday night but told\u00a0Hiroshi Ando<\/b>, racing manager for trainer\u00a0Yoshito Yahagi<\/b>, that he \u201cenjoyed the massive atmosphere and proud of his horse\u2019s performance.\u201d<\/p>\n Ando said that Yahagi was disappointed that Forever Young lost, but \u201chow he ran his race made us so proud.\u201d<\/p>\n Yahagi, who left Louisville early Sunday morning, noted that Forever Young\u2019s third-place finish was the best result for a UAE Derby (GII) winner in the Derby and even after traveling first to Saudi Arabia where he won the Saudi Derby (GIII) and then to Dubai and on to Kentucky, \u201cit shows that you can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n While winner\u00a0Mystik Dan<\/b>\u00a0was getting the golden run along the rail, Forever Young and\u00a0Sierra Leone<\/b>\u00a0were exchanging bumps. Jockey\u00a0Ryusei Sakai<\/b>\u00a0did not claim foul.<\/p>\n \u201cClaims of foul do not happen much in Japan,\u201d Ando said. \u201cIt is the stewards\u2019 call, not us.\u201d<\/p>\n \n CATCHING<\/b>\u00a0FREEDOM (4th<\/sup>)\/JUST A TOUCH (20th<\/sup>)<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 It was a much quieter scene at Barn 22 Sunday morning than the rest of Kentucky Derby Week with both\u00a0Catching Freedom<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Just a Touch<\/b>\u00a0enjoying an easy day in the shedrow.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Both horses came out of the Derby fine and next plans are still to be determined, according to trainer\u00a0Brad Cox<\/b>.<\/p>\n \n T O PASSWORD (JPN) (5th<\/sup>)<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tomoya Ozasa<\/b>\u2019s\u00a0T O Password (JPN)<\/b>\u00a0was scheduled to return to Japan on Tuesday starting with a van trip to Chicago and then a flight to Narita.<\/p>\n Ozaza left Louisville after the race Saturday night and trainer\u00a0Daisuke Takayanagi<\/b>\u00a0was on an early flight Sunday morning back to Japan.<\/p>\n After the race, Takayanagi told his racing manager Hiroshi Ando that T O Password \u201cgot a lot of experience for just his third race and was proud of his horse\u2019s performance. It was a great experience for adapting to racing in North America.\u201d<\/p>\n Stopping by the Quarantine Barn this morning was jockey\u00a0Kazushi Kimura<\/b>.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s good this morning, no problems but he is tired,\u201d said Kimura of T O Password, who was cut off at the start when Track Phantom came inward after the break. \u201cIt is what it is. He missed the first step and from there I followed Sierra Leone. He tried hard all the way.\u201d<\/p>\n \n RESILIENCE (6th<\/sup>)<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Wood Memorial Stakes (GII) winner\u00a0Resilience<\/b>\u00a0was none the worse for wear after his sixth-place run in the Kentucky Derby, but will not go on to the Preakness Stakes (GI) trainer\u00a0Bill Mott<\/b>\u00a0said.<\/p>\n \u201cHe had absolutely a great trip,\u201d Mott said. \u201cI think he tried. By the looks of it, he might not have handled the 10 furlongs. He actually ran a very good race. Leaving the quarter pole, he looked like he could win as well as anybody but he just couldn\u2019t finish it off. I\u2019d say at this point, we wouldn\u2019t go (to the Belmont) either.\u201d<\/p>\n \n STRONGHOLD (7th<\/sup>)<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The California-based colt\u00a0Stronghold<\/b>, who had checked in seventh in Saturday\u2019s Derby 150, was looking fine and feeling a little frisky at Barn 48 on the Churchill backstretch Sunday morning.<\/p>\n Trainer\u00a0Phil D\u2019Amato<\/b>\u00a0and his wife and chief exercise rider\u00a0Sherri Alexander<\/b>\u00a0had caught an early flight west to their Santa Anita headquarters but stable assistant Julie Witt was overseeing activity and noted that all was well.<\/p>\n \u201cHe (Stronghold) got a little hot after running yesterday, but he\u2019s fine and feeling good this morning,\u201d she noted. \u201cHe\u2019ll go back to California at some point in the next week I\u2019d guess.<\/p>\n \u201cWe had five horses run here this week and Stronghold and\u00a0Elm Drive<\/b>\u00a0will go back west. The others are going to stay and they\u2019ll be joined by a few other runners currently over at Keeneland. Phil keeps a string here.\u201d<\/p>\n \n HONOR MARIE (8th<\/sup>)<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Trainer\u00a0Whit Beckman<\/b>\u00a0lamented the trip his Derby\u00a0runner Honor Marie<\/b>\u00a0had Saturday in Kentucky Derby 150.<\/p>\n “He had the worst of the worst trips,\u201d Beckman said. \u201cHe passed a lot of horses, he was making his run. You ask\u00a0Kenny<\/b>\u00a0McPeek<\/b>, you look at how many Derbys he\u2019s been in and I\u2019m sure he\u2019s had a lot of bad trips. He got a beautiful trip, and that\u2019s what it takes. Hopefully we keep showing and doing this again because it was a fun week.\u201d<\/p>\n \n ENDLESSLY (9th<\/sup>)<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Kentucky Derby ninth-place finisher,\u00a0Amerman Racing<\/b>\u2019s\u00a0Endlessly<\/b>, was doing fine at Barn 35 on the Churchill Downs backstretch Sunday morning as trainer\u00a0Michael McCarthy<\/b>\u00a0and assistant\u00a0Justin Curran<\/b>\u00a0went about the business of dealing with their string of Kentucky horses.<\/p>\n McCarthy was booked on a flight to California for around 9 a.m. He had horses to run Sunday afternoon at Santa Anita from his California stable.<\/p>\n Both men indicated that they were pleased with the effort their son of Oscar Performance had given in his first attempt on a dirt surface.<\/p>\n \u201cHe certainly gave it a good try,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cWe beat more than half the field and that\u2019s not bad.<\/p>\n \u201cBut it\u2019s in the cards now for all concerned that the horse will go back to the grass. That\u2019s where he wants to be.\u201d<\/p>\n The horse is headed back to California, too, probably on a plane with other California runners in the next few days.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n DORNOCH (10th)\/SOCIETY MAN (16th<\/sup>)<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Pricilla Schaefer<\/b>, exercise rider for\u00a0Danny Gargan<\/b>, reported that all was good with\u00a0Dornoch<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Society Man<\/b>\u00a0following their 10th<\/sup>– and 16th<\/sup>-place finishes, respectively in the Kentucky Derby.<\/p>\n Schaefer gave both colts tons of affection Sunday morning, stressing that the fact they both came back well was the best takeaway from their efforts.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s the most important thing,\u201d Schaefer said. \u201cYou should have seen us walking back yesterday, we were laughing, smiling. We were just happy to be there and happy that they came back safe and sound. That always comes first.\u201d<\/p>\n \n WEST SARATOGA (12th<\/sup>)<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Harry Veruchi<\/b>\u2019s\u00a0West Saratoga<\/b>\u00a0was scheduled to return to trainer\u00a0Larry Demeritte<\/b>\u2019s base at The Thoroughbred Center in Lexington, Kentucky, later today.<\/p>\n Sitting in his tack room at Barn 42 after the race last night, Demeritte said that West Saratoga came out of the race good.<\/p>\n Demeritte was not at the barn today because he attends a 9:45 a.m. weekly church service in Lexington.<\/p>\n \n EPIC RIDE (14th<\/sup>)<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Welch Racing<\/b>\u2019s\u00a0Epic Ride<\/b>\u00a0returned to The Thoroughbred Center in Lexington, Kentucky, Saturday night after the race.<\/p>\n Trainer\u00a0John Ennis<\/b>\u00a0reported via text that all was good with Epic Ride this morning.<\/p>\n \u201cMy plan was always to try and run in the Derby and give him some time off and bring him back at a mile in the summer,\u201d Ennis said. \u201cMaybe even Kentucky Downs.\u201d<\/p>\n \n FIERCENESS (15th<\/sup>) \u2013\u00a0<\/b>The Kentucky Derby favorite \u2013 at odds of just over 3-1 \u2013\u00a0Fierceness<\/b>\u00a0was resting in Barn 39 at Churchill Downs Sunday morning after a disappointing effort that saw him among the leaders for the first mile of the mile and a quarter, but then lacking in punch for the run through the lane.<\/p>\n The City of Light colt wound up 15th in the 20-horse field.<\/p>\n \u201cThe colt seems fine this morning,\u201d trainer\u00a0Todd Pletcher<\/b>\u00a0said. \u201cHe cooled out fine and scoped clean and he\u2019s doing OK.<\/p>\n \u201cI haven\u2019t; had a chance to discuss what\u2019s next with\u00a0Mike (Repole)<\/b>, but I think we will take a couple of weeks and let the dust settle before we make any decision.<\/p>\n \u201cI believe he\u2019ll ship up to Saratoga in the next week.\u201d<\/p>\n \n JUST STEEL (17th<\/sup>)<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Sebastian “Bas” Nicholl<\/b>, assistant to trainer\u00a0D. Wayne Lukas<\/b>, said\u00a0Just Steel<\/b>\u00a0emerged in good order from his 17th<\/sup>-place finish.<\/p>\n \n GRAND MO THE FIRST (18th<\/sup>)<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Granpollo Stables\u2019<\/b>\u00a0Grand Mo the First<\/b>\u00a0is scheduled to return to his base at Gulfstream Park on Monday.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t have a clear plan now (for what\u2019s next),\u201d trainer\u00a0Victor Barboza Jr.<\/b>\u00a0said via text. \u201cWe will check the horse out the next few days and decide on a new race.\u201d<\/p>\n \n CATALYTIC (19th<\/sup>)<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tami Bobo<\/b>,\u00a0Julie Davies<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0George Isaacs\u2019<\/b>\u00a0Catalytic<\/b>\u00a0came out of the Derby in good shape after finishing 19th with\u00a0Jose Ortiz<\/b>, trainer\u00a0Saffie Joseph Jr<\/b>.\u00a0reported. \u201cAll is well. He will go back to Florida,\u201d Joseph said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LOUISVILLE, KY (May 5, 2024) – Standing outside his barn at Churchill Downs on Sunday morning, trainer Kenny McPeek was asked to sum up his feelings about Mystik Dan’s victory in the 150th running of the $5 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (GI) just about 12 hours earlier. “Wow,” was all the Lexington native could say. Lance Gasaway, 4 G Racing and Daniel Hamby III’s Mystik Dan, ridden by Brian Hernandez Jr., pulled off an 18-1 upset in Saturday’s Run for the Roses, finishing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[97,52,2044],"tags":[2364,2343,1821,2342,2346,2363,2337,2365,2349,2366,2092],"class_list":["post-7060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-events-magazine","category-events-magazine","category-magazine","tag-4-g-racing-and-daniel-hamby-iiis","tag-brian-hernandez-jr","tag-joel-rosario","tag-kenny-mcpeek","tag-lance-gasaway","tag-mystik-dans","tag-ryusei-sakai","tag-sherilyn-gasaway","tag-sierra-leone","tag-track-phantom","tag-tyler-gaffalione"],"yoast_head":"\n