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The "Official" 145th Kentucky Derby thread

Posted on 05/04/2019 1:39:16 PM PDT by Dacula

May the fastest out of the gate and muddy horse win.


TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Sports
KEYWORDS: derby; kentucky
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To: TianaHighrider
P,s. Maximum Security was one I was hoping for too. He was the fastest horse.

I haven't even watched a horse race in years.

I don't really have good memories of my time in Kentucky, as is I went back home to Georgia seemingly half dead with my tail between my legs.

My wife wanted to watch the race and I was impressed that the favorite was five to one and had not lost. When the disqualification happened with an appeal from a party at 65 to one odds that was not actually harmed, I smelled a rat and still do. Especially because it had never happened to a winner in 145 years. In less "civilized", yet more genteel times someone would have paid right there where he stood. That was not cricket.

141 posted on 05/04/2019 9:22:41 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: TianaHighrider
Maximum Security was the fastest horse, but Country House was the fastest legal horse left in the race. Add the former to the long list would be winners who blew it via their own boneheaded acts.
142 posted on 05/04/2019 10:36:33 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (waiting for the tweets to hatch)
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To: JohnBovenmyer

And it does beg the question of if any of the others he cut off could have passed him.


143 posted on 05/05/2019 1:42:21 AM PDT by TianaHighrider
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To: higgmeister

I don’t know a lot about either. But underdogs do sometimes win in the horse races, even Derbys. it doesn’t mean something underhanded happened to disqualify MS. MS did violate the rules and jeopardize safety of horses and jockeys. It is a shame he cut into the other horses. But it did happen.


144 posted on 05/05/2019 1:50:27 AM PDT by TianaHighrider
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To: TBP

Thanks for the info. Good history stuff.


145 posted on 05/05/2019 1:54:08 AM PDT by TianaHighrider
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To: TBP

Exactly! Certainly could have been by accident. But extremely dangerous one too.

The chain reaction does change the outcome of who places where. Recovering from it and keeping running isn’t the same as an unimpeded fair race.


146 posted on 05/05/2019 1:59:36 AM PDT by TianaHighrider
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To: Repeal 16-17

This was posted last night on facebook. Kentucky Racing Board Rules

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10217239840220279&set=p.10217239840220279&type=3&theater

12.4 states offending horse may be disqualified. The horse led from start to finish. Their opinion sucks.


147 posted on 05/05/2019 2:20:08 AM PDT by scfirewall
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To: scfirewall
Donald J. Trump ‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 2h2 hours ago The Kentuky Derby decision was not a good one. 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!
148 posted on 05/05/2019 8:13:47 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
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To: scfirewall

What would make this an even bigger deal would be if Maximum Security wins the Preakness and Belmont.


149 posted on 05/05/2019 6:28:11 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: campaignPete R-CT

The President is ticked off at the DQ.


150 posted on 05/06/2019 12:14:35 AM PDT by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)
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To: Impy
Comedy hour at the track 👣
151 posted on 05/06/2019 4:42:13 AM PDT by campaignPete R-CT (Committee to Re-Elect the President ( CREEP ))
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