After the racing stewards spent nearly 20 minutes looking at video, they decided the misstep was enough to disqualify Maximum Security and declare the runner-up, a 65-1 shot named Country House, the improbable victor.
It was not a popular decision. In fact, it was the brave one.
As officials studied video, the trainer of Country House, Bill Mott, was trackside and said on national television what horseplayers know, dread and curse on a regular basis.
“There was definitely a foul in the race,” Mott, a Hall of Famer, said. “If this was a maiden claimer on a weekday the winner would come down.”
He did, and Mott, a horseman revered among his peers for being “half-horse,” had his first Derby victory. The rider of Country House, Flavien Prat, also notched his first Derby score, an experience he was bemused by.
Maximum Security finished one and three-quarter lengths in front of Country House, and Country House finished three-quarters of a length in front of Code of Honor.
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