re: 2019 Kentucky Derby

I don't think what happened in the Derby killed horse racing but it definitely doesn't help the sport. I actually think it's a fairly large blow to a sport that has been consistently losing the American public's interest for a while now, and as a horse racing fan I hate this.

Concerning the DQ in the race, I disagree with it (btw I didn't bet on Maximum Security). Yes, if you go by the letter of the law, I can see the argument that Maximum Security could have impeded the path of 2 of the horses, but this race isn't a claiming or allowance race with 7 or 8 horse. It's the freaking Kentucky Derby, where you can have up to 20 horses in it. You can't expect a clean race with that many horses (just look at all the bumping at the start of the race). If you want a clean safe race than lower the number of horses you put in it (which I don't want to see btw). Then you add the rain with this years race and that makes it even messier. Also add the fact that Maximum Security didn't do anything to impede Countrys House, the eventual winner's, path. The horses that complained were also rans. No horse was physically hurt. I just thought it was a DQ that lacked common sense. I would also be willing to bet that if Maximum Security was trained by Bob Baffert rather than Jason Servis that there would be no disqualification.