PHOTOS: Kentucky Derby winner flies aboard Air Horse One

Pat McDonogh, Courier Journal

A crew member for Tex Sutton Forwarding Company looks out from the door of a airplane as horse vans began to arrive. The plane would take Kentucky Derby winner Justify to Baltimore for the Preakness Stakes. May 16, 2018.

Pat McDonogh, Courier Journal

Kentucky Derby winner Justify is lead onto a plane by Mike Payne of Tex Sutton Forwarding company, an equine transfer business. Justify and several other horses are heading to Baltimore for the Preakness. May 16, 2018

Pat McDonogh, Courier Journal

Kentucky Derby winner Justify is led onto a plane by Mike Payne of Tex Sutton Forwarding company, an equine transfer business. Justify and several other horses are heading to Baltimore for the Preakness. May 16, 2018

Pat McDonogh, Courier Journal

Kentucky Derby winner Justify is led onto a plane by Mike Payne of Tex Sutton Forwarding company, an equine transfer business. Justify and several other horses are heading to Baltimore for the Preakness. May 16, 2018

Pat McDonogh, Courier Journal

Mike Payne rubs the mane of Justify as the Kentucky Derby winner is loaded on a plane for Baltimore and the Preakness Stakes. On left is John Clay a crew member for Tex Sutton Forwarding Company. May 16, 2018.

Pat McDonogh, Courier Journal

Kentucky Derby winner Justify is moved into place on a plane heading to Baltimore for the Preakness. May 16, 2018.

Pat McDonogh, Courier Journal

A temporary enclosure is built around Kentucky Derby winner Justify after being placed on a plane to Baltimore for the Preakness Stakes. May 16, 2018

Pat McDonogh, Courier Journal

Kentucky Derby winner Justify looks out from the plane which will carry him to Baltimore for the Preakness Stakes on Saturday. May 16, 2018.

Pat McDonogh, Courier Journal

A crew member for Tex Sutton Forwarding Company keeps a tight grip on the reigns to Kentucky Derby winner Justify, left, and Sunny the pony from Bob Baffert’s stable. May 16, 2018.

Pat McDonogh, Courier Journal

Kentucky Derby winner Justify, left, and Sunny from Bob Baffert’s stable, chew on alfalfa while waiting for their flight to Baltimore to depart. May 16, 2018.

Pat McDonogh, Courier Journal

Kentucky Derby winner Justify, left, and Sunny from Bob Baffert’s stable take a look outside while waiting for their flight to Baltimore to depart. May 16, 2018

Pat McDonogh, Courier Journal

John Clay offers alfalfa to Ax Man, a thoroughbred trained by Bob Baffert, while waiting for Kentucky Derby winner Justify and other horses to load onto a plane. Clay has been a crew member for an equine transport business for 38 years.

Pat McDonogh, Courier Journal

Mike Payne watches as the cargo door is closed on a plane carrying Kentucky Derby winner Justify and several other thoroughbreds. Payne. is the Operations Manager for Tex Sutton Forwarding Company. May 16, 2018.

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