- Country House declared race winner after jockey objection
- Maximum Security is first winner to be DQ’d for interference
- Country House wins 145th Kentucky Derby – as it happened
For the only time in the 145-year history of the Kentucky Derby, the first horse across the finish line was disqualified for a foul on the track.
Country House, a chestnut colt trained by Bill Mott and ridden by Flavien Prat who went off as a 65-1 longshot, sprung one of the biggest upsets in the centuries-spanning history of America’s most famous thoroughbred race when it was declared that unofficial winner Maximum Security impeded the path of two horses in the final turn.
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