Kentucky stewards held a press conference to explain their decision on the outcome of the 145th Kentucky Derby.
In case you missed it, favorite Maximum Security won the race in convincing fashion, but an objection was filed after the race. After a review, Maximum Security was disqualified and long shot Country House was named winner.
Here are stewards explaining what happened and why the final decision was made:
Kentucky stewards describe reasoning behind disqualifying Maximum Security pic.twitter.com/ktyCDbFqEv
— Herald-Leader Sports (@KentuckySports) May 5, 2019
Here’s video evidence to support the stewards’ decision:
This is the slow-mo they just showed of Maximum Security’s leg literally hitting War of Will’s leg twice. Like I said, a miracle there wasn’t a complete disaster out there. pic.twitter.com/QKY1xPEMyF
— Jeremy Balan (@jeremybalan) May 4, 2019
Here’s the actual rule:
By the way, how great is it that horse racing officials meet with the media to explain their controversial decisions?
College basketball should take some notes.
