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Mystik Dan won by a nose in 2024 over Sierra Leone and Forever Young in the closest three-horse finish at the Derby since 1947, according to Churchill Downs.
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Alex Sundby, CBS News, 2 May 2025
Mystik Dan barely held on by a nose while winning the Kentucky Derby.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
The Timberwolves had been a little scrambled for much of the evening, committing 21 turnovers to help the Warriors — playing without their best player in Steph Curry — ahead by a nose for much of the contest.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 11 May 2025
Journalism was saved by the wire by approximately one or perhaps two strides, given the impressive speed at which Baeza was gaining on him, with Baeza finishing in show by a nose.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
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Alex Sundby, CBS News, 2 May 2025
Mystik Dan barely held on by a nose while winning the Kentucky Derby.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
The Timberwolves had been a little scrambled for much of the evening, committing 21 turnovers to help the Warriors — playing without their best player in Steph Curry — ahead by a nose for much of the contest.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 11 May 2025
Journalism was saved by the wire by approximately one or perhaps two strides, given the impressive speed at which Baeza was gaining on him, with Baeza finishing in show by a nose.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
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“By a nose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20a%20nose. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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