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re: 2019 Kentucky Derby

Posted on 5/5/19 at 2:16 pm to
Posted by Monkeyboy
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 5/5/19 at 2:16 pm to
I tried to find this again to link it but had no luck, but I read an article this morning that said that there have been similar instances to what Maximum Security did in the race yesterday in past Derby's and that things like this happen in nearly all Kentucky Derby races. The article even had examples from past years. Rarely do you have protests though because it's understood that it's going to happen due to the larger than normal field of horses and things like crowd noise, etc. It's almost unavoidable. And when there have been inquiries/protests (ie. Monarchos) it's never upheld. This is why I think the "nothing happened to the horses" argument is valid for the Kentucky Derby. This isn't some maiden or allowance race at the Fairgrounds. It's the Kentucky Derby. There should be different rules because there is no race like this one. Unless it's egregious there shouldn't be a DQ for "impeding another horse" as what was claimed against Maximum Security. How do you not impede another horse in a race this size? Nobody was beating Maximum Security yesterday. Also, like I said earlier, if Maximum Security was trained by someone like Bob Baffert or Todd Pletcher rather than Jason Servis there probably would have been no DQ.
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
54792 posts
Posted on 5/5/19 at 2:38 pm to
If you watched the race and saw how far he popped out it was not like previous Derby's. Add in bad weather and potential the jockey has done it before and you need to make a statement.
Posted by Kickadawgitfeelsgood
Lafayette LA
Member since Nov 2005
14089 posts
Posted on 5/8/19 at 3:36 am to
quote:

Nobody was beating Maximum Security yesterday.


War of Will looked to run his same race as he did in the LeCompte and Risen Star.
How can you say that?

Hell! I’ll let Tyler tell you

“At that point, we had just started to make our initial run and I had plenty of horse.”

This post was edited on 5/8/19 at 5:59 am
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