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Maximum Security Disqualified From Derby

Hold your horses,Country House takes home trophy

Kyle Lydon
The Santa Clara
May 9, 2019

The Kentucky Derby is often called “the fastest two minutes in sports.” It’s quick, exhilarating and over faster than you have time to ask, “was that phrase the announcer kept repeating the horse’s name?”

To the casual observer, this year’s race looked to be nothing new. As the horses sped around the final turn of the muddy, rain-soaked track at Churchill Downs, only one jockey still had a clean uniform. Of course, it was Luis Saez, the rider for Maximum Security.