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Bob Baffert has done it again.

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The Hall of Fame trainer notched his seventh Kentucky Derby triumph, saddling winner Medina Spirit on Saturday evening in the 147th running of horse racing’s marque event.

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It also marked the fourth Kentucky Derby win for jockey John Velazquez.

Medina Spirit never trailed after starting from the No. 8 post, out-kicking Mandaloun, Essential Quality and Hot Rod Charlie in a furious late stretch on a fast Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Video: Medina Spirit goes wire-to-wire in Kentucky Derby (Yahoo! Sports)

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The dark bay colt went off as the sixth favorite at 12-1 odds after running to second-place finishes in the San Felipe Stakes and Santa Anita Derby over the last two months.

“I knew he was training well but I’m really surprised,’' Baffert said in a post-race interview on NBC. “I cannot believe he won this race. That little horse, that was all him. It was all guts. I’m the luckiest guy in the world.’'

The Kentucky Derby returned to the first Saturday in May after getting postponed and then moving from its traditional date to Labor Day weekend because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Kentucky Derby was down by about 100,000 fans from its normal capacity, but Churchill Downs still welcomed a 51,838 fans for the two-minute race.

The middle leg of the Triple Crown will be run May 15, when Medina Spirit likely runs in the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, Md. The Belmont Stakes is set for June 5 in Elmont, N.Y.

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