Controversial finish at Kentucky Derby rekindles long-simmering debate over racing rules Globe_Sports
Country House, a 65-1 long shot, won the 145th Kentucky Derby after favorite Maximum Security, the first horse to cross the finish line, was disqualified for interference.A prominent voice in Canadian horse racing says the wild finish at Saturday’s Kentucky Derby has “opened up the debate” about how the sport is governed in the United States and Canada.
However, the victory was overturned 22 minutes later when stewards disqualified Maximum Security because of interference, bumping him down to 17th place and elevating Country House to the winner’s circle. Under so-called “Category 2” rules, however, officials have no such discretion — if a horse is determined to have interfered, it is placed behind the horse that suffered the interference, regardless of what would have been the outcome had there been no interference.
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