It took a photo to separate the top four finishers in the $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass (Grade 1). That photograph revealed that Dominican had nosed out last year's 2-year-old champion Street Sense in winning one of the most exciting Kentucky Derby prep races in recent memory.

Dominican, a 3-year-old son of El Corredor, covered the 1 1/8-mile distance over the synthetic surface in 1:51.33 and paid $18, $5.60, and $3.80. Street Sense, ridden by Calvin Borel, was just a nose behind in second and paid $3.40 and $2.60. Zanjero, piloted by Garrett Gomez, was third and paid $3.60.

As expected, Teuflesberg jumped out to grab the early lead from post six. With Edgar Prado in the irons for the first time, Teuflesberg nearly put the field to sleep as he navigated through pokey fractions of :26.12 for the first quarter-mile and :51.46 for the first half mile. Despite the slow early pace, Teuflesberg remained unchallenged on the lead even as he clicked off six furlongs in a shockingly slow 1:16.65. Great Hunter and Zanjero remained a couple lengths behind the frontrunner with Street Sense and Dominican tracking from fourth and fifth place respectively.

The race got much more interesting as the field entered the stretch and began to sprint towards the wire with Teuflesberg threatening to steal the race all the way on the lead. When Great Hunter began to make his move to Teuflesberg's outside, the early leader veered out sharply to the right, completely cutting off Great Hunter while also impeding Street Sense and Dominican. With Great Hunter out of contention, Teuflesberg was confronted by Street Sense and Dominican to his outside and Zanjero on the rail. The finish of the race found a four-horse photo for the win in one of the most exciting editions of the Toyota Blue Grass ever run. It was Dominican's nose that had crossed the wire before those of Street Sense, Zanjero, and Teuflesberg in respective order.

Great Hunter finished another 1 ½-lengths behind Teuflesberg after experience major traffic in the stretch. He was followed under the wire by longshots Time Squared and Love Dubai.

Owned by Silverton Hill and trained by Darrin Miller, Dominican won for the third time in seven career starts. The win was also his second from as many starts since being gelded, making him undefeated in his 3-year-old season. Dominican boosted his career earnings to $596,259, with $498,484 of that money coming from graded stakes -more than enough to secure a spot in the Kentucky Derby.