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 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A hero and his unbeaten horse won the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. A hard-charging Barbaro galloped into the lead at the top of the stretch and won by a stunning 6 1-2 lengths, giving trainer Michael Matz his first Derby victory and jockey Edgar Prado his first winning ride.
Matz' joyous day came nearly 17 years after he led three children to safety within minutes after United Airlines flight 232 from Denver to Chicago cartwheeled down a runway, caught fire and skidded to a stop in an Iowa cornfield.
The two brothers and their sister, now grown, joined Matz in the grandstand at Churchill Downs, where they cheered the strapping bay colt onto his sixth consecutive win.
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