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Donald Trump blames political correctness for Kentucky Derby chaos [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Donald Trump blames political correctness for Kentucky Derby chaos
• Maximum Security disqualified as winner after stewards’ review
• 65-1 outside Country House declared winner of race
Guardian sport
Sun 5 May 2019 15.35 BST Last modified on Sun 5 May 2019 15.48 BST
Donald Trump has expressed his displeasure at the result of this year’s Kentucky Derby, blaming the chaos at the end of the race on political correctness.
For the first time in the 145-year history of the race, the first horse across the finish line was disqualified for a foul on the track. Maximum Security, a 4-1 pre-race favorite, romped home by one-and-three-quarters lengths. But, after a 20-minute review, stewards ruled his hind right leg bumped into War of Will, changing the outcome of the race. Country House, a 65-1 to outsider, was instead declared the winner.
The decision was widely debated, not least among those who had staked a cumulative $6.2m on Maximum Security to win. Maximum Security’s jockey, Luis Saez, believed he had done nothing wrong. “I thought I never put anybody in danger,” Saez said after the race. “My horse shied away from the noise of the crowd and may have ducked out a little.”
Trump, however, firmly was clear about where the blame fell. “The Kentuky [sic] Derby decision was not a good one,” he wrote on Twitter. “It was a rough and tumble race on a wet and sloppy track, actually, a beautiful thing to watch. Only in these days of political correctness could such an overturn occur. The best horse did NOT win the Kentucky Derby - not even close!”
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• Maximum Security disqualified as winner after stewards’ review
• 65-1 outside Country House declared winner of race
Guardian sport
Sun 5 May 2019 15.35 BST Last modified on Sun 5 May 2019 15.48 BST
Donald Trump has expressed his displeasure at the result of this year’s Kentucky Derby, blaming the chaos at the end of the race on political correctness.
Link to tweet
For the first time in the 145-year history of the race, the first horse across the finish line was disqualified for a foul on the track. Maximum Security, a 4-1 pre-race favorite, romped home by one-and-three-quarters lengths. But, after a 20-minute review, stewards ruled his hind right leg bumped into War of Will, changing the outcome of the race. Country House, a 65-1 to outsider, was instead declared the winner.
The decision was widely debated, not least among those who had staked a cumulative $6.2m on Maximum Security to win. Maximum Security’s jockey, Luis Saez, believed he had done nothing wrong. “I thought I never put anybody in danger,” Saez said after the race. “My horse shied away from the noise of the crowd and may have ducked out a little.”
Trump, however, firmly was clear about where the blame fell. “The Kentuky [sic] Derby decision was not a good one,” he wrote on Twitter. “It was a rough and tumble race on a wet and sloppy track, actually, a beautiful thing to watch. Only in these days of political correctness could such an overturn occur. The best horse did NOT win the Kentucky Derby - not even close!”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/05/donald-trump-kentucky-derby-country-house-maximum-security
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