Starting in post position #10, Lil E. Tee got off to a clean start in the 1992 Kentucky Derby and was in tenth place after half a mile. Arazi, who had started on the far outside in post position #17, made an explosive move. ABC television announcer Dave Johnson exclaimed "Arazi is flying" as the colt went seven wide, sweeping past horse after horse to move into third place, tightly bunched with the leaders.
In the 1992 Kentucky Derby, Lil E. Tee started in post position #10 and was in tenth place after a half-mile. Arazi, who began from post position #17 on the far outside, made an impressive move, flying past horses to take third place alongside the leaders.