{"id":104245,"date":"2019-05-04T16:27:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T23:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=104245"},"modified":"2019-05-04T20:01:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-05T03:01:23","slug":"65-1-country-house-wins-kentucky-derby-thanks-to-disqualification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/65-1-country-house-wins-kentucky-derby-thanks-to-disqualification\/","title":{"rendered":"65-1 Country House Wins Kentucky Derby Thanks to Disqualification"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOUISVILLE, Ky. \u2013 In a historic decision, 65-1 shot Country House won Kentucky Derby 145 Saturday after stewards at Churchill Downs disqualified apparent winner Maximum Security for interference.<\/p>\n

\"\"
Maximum Security (right) runs in front of War of Will as the horses come out of the final turn in the 145th Kentucky Derby. While Maximum Security would eventually cross the finish line first, Churchill Downs stewards eventually disqualified him and awarded the win to Country House (left). (Image: NBC Sports)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The ruling gave trainer Bill Mott his first Derby win and second Triple Crown win ever. However, that storyline will get pushed aside as horse racing fans and officials will debate what happened during the final turn of Saturday\u2019s race.<\/p>\n

Maximum Security took the lead at the start and held it throughout the backstretch. Coming out of the last turn, he drifted wide and into the path of War of Will, who was moving on the Jason Servis-trained colt\u2019s outside.<\/p>\n

Video replays showed the horses\u2019 legs making contact as War of Will was pushed into Long Range Toddy, who lost significant traction. Country House was on the outside of those horses.<\/p>\n

Maximum Security<\/a> went on to cross the finish line first in 2:03.93, holding off Country House by a length-and-three-quarters on a sloppy track in rainy conditions.<\/p>\n

However, both Country House\u2019s jockey Flavien Prat and Jon Court, Long Range Toddy\u2019s rider, filed an objection after the race.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought he shifted out a lot,\u201d <\/strong>Prat told reporters after the race. \u201cAnd we had been slightly bothered in that incident and also the horse (Long Range Toddy) inside of me.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Payouts<\/h2>\n

Country House, the second-biggest long shot to win the Derby, ended up paying $132.40, $56.60 and $24.60. The ruling bumped Code of Honor from third to second. He paid $15.20 and $9.80. Tacitus, moved up to third, paid $5.60.<\/p>\n

A $2 exacta paid $3,009.60. A 50-cent trifecta paid $5,737.65 and a $1 superfecta paid $51,400.10.<\/p>\n

The Review<\/h2>\n

Chief Steward Barbara Borden told reporters they interviewed the affected riders and conducted an extensive review of the race. The investigation took 22 minutes after the finish of the race, but the three stewards ruled unanimously to disqualify Maximum Security and move him to 17th, one spot behind Long Range Toddy in the official results.<\/p>\n

War of Will\u2019s<\/a> connections did not lodge an objection. However, the colt\u2019s rider said Maximum Security’s move did have an impact on their chances.<\/p>\n

I really thought I was going to win the Derby,\u201d <\/strong>Tyler Gaffalione said. \u201cI checked pretty hard when the seven came out as far as he did.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mott said a couple of horses lost a chance to win the Derby or at least hit the board because of the incident. With the worldwide audience watching and with millions of dollars in wagers on the line, something needed to happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I know the stewards had a very, very difficult decision,\u201d Mott said. \u201cI mean, I\u2019m glad I wasn\u2019t in their shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Reaction<\/h2>\n

While this was the first time stewards placed the Derby winner, it is the second time there has been a disqualification. In 1968, Dancer\u2019s Image won the Kentucky Derby \u2013 51 years to the day Saturday \u2013 only to have the victory nullified two days later because of a failed drug test. Track officials declared Forward Pass the winner.<\/p>\n

Luis Saez, Maximum Security\u2019s jockey, said the noise coming from the infield likely served as the cause for the horse to veer away from the inside.<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it changed the outcome of the race,\u201d<\/strong> said Servis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

After the race, TwinSpires.com, Churchill Downs online wagering application, posted online it would refund winning bets on Maximum Security, good for up to $10.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwinSpires\/status\/1124834071845142532<\/p>\n

Maximum Security went off as the second choice at 9-2. The disqualification had huge implications for the sportsbooks with action on the race.<\/p>\n

According to Covers<\/em>, the SuperBookUSA sportsbook in Las Vegas went from winning tens of thousands of dollars with a Maximum Security win to losing tens of thousands thanks to Country House. Earlier this week, the sportsbook had the named winner at 30-1 odds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LOUISVILLE, Ky. \u2013 In a historic decision, 65-1 shot Country House won Kentucky Derby 145 Saturday after stewards at Churchill Downs disqualified apparent winner Maximum Security for interference. The ruling gave trainer Bill Mott his first Derby win and second Triple Crown win ever. However, that storyline will get pushed aside as horse racing fans […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":104250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14577,16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n65-1 Country House Wins Kentucky Derby Thanks to Disqualification<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Maximum Security, a 9-2 shot, won Saturday's Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. He also withstood an objection to win his fifth race in as many tries.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"65-1 Country House Wins Kentucky Derby Thanks to Disqualification\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Maximum Security, a 9-2 shot, won Saturday's Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. He also withstood an objection to win his fifth race in as many tries.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/65-1-country-house-wins-kentucky-derby-thanks-to-disqualification\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-05-04T23:27:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-05-05T03:01:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Derby-145-incident.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1289\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"759\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Steve Bittenbender\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Steve Bittenbender\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/65-1-country-house-wins-kentucky-derby-thanks-to-disqualification\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/65-1-country-house-wins-kentucky-derby-thanks-to-disqualification\/\",\"name\":\"65-1 Country House Wins Kentucky Derby Thanks to Disqualification\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/65-1-country-house-wins-kentucky-derby-thanks-to-disqualification\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/65-1-country-house-wins-kentucky-derby-thanks-to-disqualification\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Derby-145-incident.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-04T23:27:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-05-05T03:01:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/eb30e765d812fc9b38b333f8d13068b2\"},\"description\":\"Maximum Security, a 9-2 shot, won Saturday's Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. He also withstood an objection to win his fifth race in as many tries.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/65-1-country-house-wins-kentucky-derby-thanks-to-disqualification\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/65-1-country-house-wins-kentucky-derby-thanks-to-disqualification\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/65-1-country-house-wins-kentucky-derby-thanks-to-disqualification\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Derby-145-incident.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Derby-145-incident.png\",\"width\":1289,\"height\":759,\"caption\":\"(Image: NBC Sports)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/65-1-country-house-wins-kentucky-derby-thanks-to-disqualification\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sports Betting\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sportsbetting\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Horse Racing\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sportsbetting\/horse-racing\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"65-1 Country House Wins Kentucky Derby Thanks to Disqualification\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/eb30e765d812fc9b38b333f8d13068b2\",\"name\":\"Steve Bittenbender\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-7-1-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-7-1-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Steve Bittenbender\"},\"description\":\"Steve Bittenbender covers Midwest and Gulport news for Casino.org. He also specializes in sports betting and horse racing. Steve is a veteran reporter and brings more than two decades of experience covering sports, business and politics. He joined Casino.org in 2019. Steve has also covered major collegiate and professional sports for the Associated Press and the Louisville Courier-Journal and is frequently featured on local network TV newscasts and podcasts for his horse racing business and legislative expertise. A Reuters contributor, he has also previously served as editor for Government Security News. Steve lives in Louisville, Kentucky -- the epicenter of the US horse racing industry -- with his wife and son. He is also an avid poker player, having learned from his uncle as a wholesome after-school pastime with cookies and milk. Contact Steve at stevebittenbender@casino.org.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/steve-bittenbender\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"65-1 Country House Wins Kentucky Derby Thanks to Disqualification","description":"Maximum Security, a 9-2 shot, won Saturday's Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. He also withstood an objection to win his fifth race in as many tries.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"65-1 Country House Wins Kentucky Derby Thanks to Disqualification","og_description":"Maximum Security, a 9-2 shot, won Saturday's Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. He also withstood an objection to win his fifth race in as many tries.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/65-1-country-house-wins-kentucky-derby-thanks-to-disqualification\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2019-05-04T23:27:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-05-05T03:01:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1289,"height":759,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Derby-145-incident.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Steve Bittenbender","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Casino_Org","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Steve Bittenbender","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/65-1-country-house-wins-kentucky-derby-thanks-to-disqualification\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/65-1-country-house-wins-kentucky-derby-thanks-to-disqualification\/","name":"65-1 Country House Wins Kentucky Derby Thanks to Disqualification","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/65-1-country-house-wins-kentucky-derby-thanks-to-disqualification\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/65-1-country-house-wins-kentucky-derby-thanks-to-disqualification\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Derby-145-incident.png","datePublished":"2019-05-04T23:27:04+00:00","dateModified":"2019-05-05T03:01:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/eb30e765d812fc9b38b333f8d13068b2"},"description":"Maximum Security, a 9-2 shot, won Saturday's Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. He also withstood an objection to win his fifth race in as many tries.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/65-1-country-house-wins-kentucky-derby-thanks-to-disqualification\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/65-1-country-house-wins-kentucky-derby-thanks-to-disqualification\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/65-1-country-house-wins-kentucky-derby-thanks-to-disqualification\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Derby-145-incident.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Derby-145-incident.png","width":1289,"height":759,"caption":"(Image: NBC Sports)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/65-1-country-house-wins-kentucky-derby-thanks-to-disqualification\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sports Betting","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sportsbetting\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Horse Racing","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sportsbetting\/horse-racing\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"65-1 Country House Wins Kentucky Derby Thanks to Disqualification"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/eb30e765d812fc9b38b333f8d13068b2","name":"Steve Bittenbender","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-7-1-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-7-1-96x96.png","caption":"Steve Bittenbender"},"description":"Steve Bittenbender covers Midwest and Gulport news for Casino.org. He also specializes in sports betting and horse racing. Steve is a veteran reporter and brings more than two decades of experience covering sports, business and politics. He joined Casino.org in 2019. Steve has also covered major collegiate and professional sports for the Associated Press and the Louisville Courier-Journal and is frequently featured on local network TV newscasts and podcasts for his horse racing business and legislative expertise. A Reuters contributor, he has also previously served as editor for Government Security News. Steve lives in Louisville, Kentucky -- the epicenter of the US horse racing industry -- with his wife and son. He is also an avid poker player, having learned from his uncle as a wholesome after-school pastime with cookies and milk. Contact Steve at stevebittenbender@casino.org.","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/steve-bittenbender\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104245"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}