For Chris Mara, watching Justify gallop his way to a Kentucky Derby win was comparable to watching Eli Manning’s two-minute drive that made the Giants Super Bowl XLII victors over the Perfect Patriots.
For Mara, who owns a stake in Justify, it was his first Derby winner.
“It’s a two-minute race, two minutes and four seconds in this case, so everything happens so fast, but then it gives you an instant gratification right after it’s over, and it’s hard to describe,” Mara told The Post.
“You’re on top of the world. I’ve been dreaming about this my whole life, standing in the winner circle after winning the Kentucky Derby.