LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A large portion of the crowd booed when the numbers appeared on the tote board, and a group of veteran reporters in the media room underneath the Churchill Downs grandstand gasped.
The connections of one horse shrieked in jubilation, while the connections of another didn't quite know what to do.
In the weird and wacky 145-year-old history of the Kentucky Derby, this was something new.
The stewards, or racing officials who enforce the rules and regulations at racetracks, decided to take down Maximum Security, the clear winner of the race, in favor of runner-up Country House, marking the first time in the history of the Kentucky Derby that the winner was disqualified for an in-race foul.