$800,000+ Winning Derby Ticket Found


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Chris Hertzog figured all was lost as he sifted through the trash at Turf Paradise, frantically searching for his winning Kentucky Derby superfecta ticket.

The Phoenix firefighter gave up after two hours, wondering how he could've let $864,253.50 slip away.

"I couldn't believe I lost this once in a lifetime payday," the 39-year-old Hertzog said in a statement released through the track on Monday.

According to Turf Paradise, the mutuel clerk who sold him the ticket came to the rescue on Sunday, finding the misplaced slip of paper next to the machine where Hertzog had placed the wager the previous day.

Hertzog bought one of seven $1 tickets to hit the Kentucky Derby superfecta, which yielded the highest payout in Derby history.

"Don't you just love happy endings?" Hertzog said. :laugh:

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