The Demolition Derby
New York Sun,
by
Editorial
Original Article
Posted By: Pluperfect,
5/5/2019 7:00:23 AM
The disqualification of the winner of the Kentucky Derby — Maximum Security — in favor of a slower steed, Country House, may be a first for the Run for the Roses. It is also, at least in our opinion, a shocking error of judgment. It will be talked about until the end of equines. All the more so because it is already being lit up on the Internet as a metaphor for our national political crisis. The events happened toward the final turn on a sloppy track in lousy weather (at roughly the 2:05 minute mark in this video).
Reply 1 - Posted by:
watashiyo 5/5/2019 7:15:19 AM (No. 77776)
It´s a race of strategy, and I thought hands down, Maximum Security won the race.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
planetgeo 5/5/2019 7:20:53 AM (No. 77771)
The stewards applied the existing rules correctly. But they should re-think those rules. The infraction by Maximum Security had absolutely no effect on Country House, the declared winner, nor any of the place/show horses. Maximum Security was clearly the fastest horse in this race.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
rfr46 5/5/2019 8:13:42 AM (No. 77781)
This was a colossal error of judgment by the stewards. There was probably a foul, but it had no effect on the outcome. In any sport, that foul should be ignored. The stewards became the news rather than the race.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
MainelySane 5/5/2019 8:51:41 AM (No. 77773)
Hillary and the Democrats claim to be living in Donald Trump´s head. Anyone who thinks the KD results mirror the election of 2016 has his or her head clearly owned by Donald Trump, the best U.S. President in my lifetime!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 5/5/2019 8:58:57 AM (No. 77767)
Nancy Pelosi just called for the impeachment of Max Security. Says it’s about as clear a case of obstruction she’s ever seen....
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
MainelySane 5/5/2019 9:26:03 AM (No. 77768)
#5, Maximum Security should be frog marched to maximum security! according to the Madam Speaker, so to speak.
4 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
jacksin5 5/5/2019 9:43:45 AM (No. 77778)
Instant Replay and Slow Motion reviews are killing a lot of Sports, Horse racing being the latest example.
18 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
JackBurton 5/5/2019 10:17:37 AM (No. 77779)
Relax. The decision will be overturned by the 9th Circuit.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
NeverVoteDem 5/5/2019 10:58:29 AM (No. 77777)
I´ll put $2 down that the three stewards are democrats. They couldn´t overturn the election on a nonexistent technicality but they could overturn the the other horse race.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
jimkata 5/5/2019 11:31:02 AM (No. 77769)
The tag at the end about being like the popular vote(Hillary/Trump).
I´m tired of that cr@p!
The fact is most that winning popular vote percent was from California. If The election was for Popular, Trump would have campaigned in California and the republicans who lived there would have a reason to go vote.
Trump would have still won! Get over it!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
red1066 5/5/2019 11:31:46 AM (No. 77770)
That Maximum Security drifted into the path of another horse running behind him is the fault of the jockey. That drift could have caused a number of horses and jockeys to be injured or killed. If the horse behind Maximum Security hadn´t been able to place it´s legs between the hind legs of Maximum Security and maintain speed, half the field would have had to have been put down due to injuries. Take a real close look at that replay, and look at the horse´s legs right behind Maximum Security. I think if Maximum Security had had a larger lead, there wouldn´t have been an issue, but the horses were bunched together. I think that is what the stewards had in mind by making their call.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 5/5/2019 11:38:57 AM (No. 77774)
Two months ago - - I picked Maximum Security to win the Kentucky Derby. Most Derby contenders are from blueblood Kentucky stallions and mares. But Maximum Security is a real Cinderella horse. His father was sold off to Brazil and his mother´s last known whereabout was in South Korea.
So - - I was closely watching his every stride - - very easy to do since he was out in front the entire race.
But at a critical moment - - when his competition was closing in around the turn - - his jockey - - Luis Saez - - chose to do some "race riding" - - intentionally drifting out to force the others into wider paths.
This "race riding" caused a dangerous jam-up - - almost dropping two of the horses who were squeezed in.
As it turns out - - the "race riding" was unnecessary - - because Maximum Security was much the best. But Saez could not be sure of that - - so in the heat of the moment he took a big chance.
But we can´t blame Saez. When you´re playing at the very pinnacle of any sport - - instant, crucial decisions must often be made. And in this case - - Saez made the wrong one.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 5/5/2019 11:39:12 AM (No. 77783)
I have also been reading that the Stewards may have stacked the deck against Maximum Security in the first place by where they put him at the gate. This whole thing stinks, and I think that the Racing Commission needs to take a look at this.
The horse that was supposedly interfered with didn´t complain, it was one of the other jockeys. Stinks big time, and the corruption may have just mortally wounded 145 years of tradition. Way to go Leftists.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
lakerman1 5/5/2019 11:58:28 AM (No. 77775)
I believe gate position is done by lottery drawing.
Intent should not be part of determining a foul.
Once Maximum Security drifted, watch what happened to Country Time, as his jockey had to
try to keep the horse from drifting to his right.
Country House is known as a strong finisher. Without the incident, I believe he would have won the race without a doubt.
Everyone is lucky that no jockeys were killed, nor horses put down, because of Maximum Security´s behavior in that incident.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
DVC 5/5/2019 12:51:30 PM (No. 77782)
I know close to nothing about horse racing, but in my ignorance, I thought that the first horse across the finish line was the winner.
Apparently not any more.
Men who say they are women must be permitted to win at women´s sports, and use the women´s locker rooms. The FBI, CIA and DoJ had the top dozen people in each who were totally criminally corrupt traitors, and tried to overturn an election for President.
So, should I be surprised that now the first horse across the line at the Kentucky Derby isn´t the winner, because of some mumbo-jumbo, after the fact, ruling that has never been done before in more than a century? Is the KD now like the Presidency, if "the right horse" doesn´t win, you just do some rule bending, vote harvesting, and find a few more trunkfulls of somehow ´lost´ votes until the "right horse" is now the winner?
Next will we find that the horse who "won" is actually actually a gazelle who identifies as a horse and has been surgically modified?
Is this the Dems tantrum in wanting to rerun the 2016 election, slopping over into horse racing. Can´t have TWO major "wrong winners", so in this venue they CAN just change the outcome.
The world really has gone mad.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 5/5/2019 1:27:49 PM (No. 77780)
Looks like that no call in the Saints Rams game made an impression on other sports. Maybe its better to apply the rules and fix them later than to let things go.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
cheeflo 5/5/2019 8:52:52 PM (No. 77772)
I think the decision is being appealed and I hope it´s overturned. It´s my opinion that Maximum Security, his jockey, and his owners were robbed of a legitimate win.
I don´t believe the jockey intended to drift and the horse was back in position quickly. The weather and track conditions surely must be considered in making the call.
Placing at the Kentucky Derby by a 65-1 shot is a fine showing. As #3 observed, the outcome would have been no different.
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