OT Kentucky Derby

**Ravenswintitle** · 05-07-2019, 10:32 PM

I’m back to planes and Ubers so this is delayed but

First reversal in history. Muddy track
What is a catch?
Slippery slope
Anyone have an opinion?

**moose10101** · 05-07-2019, 10:36 PM

They had no business letting 18 horses run.

They had no business sending them off in that quagmire.

They don’t give a damn about the horses or the jockeys.

I thought the DQ was appropriate.

**JimZipCode** · 05-07-2019, 11:05 PM

I'm not qualified to have an opinion.

Here's what Andrew Beyer thought:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...=.9e3e47bc30ed

**BcRaven** · 05-09-2019, 10:18 AM

Way too many horses! I believe The Preakness and Belmont Stakes have a limit. The Derby field is too crowded and can have accidents or DQs... Bc

**GOTA** · 05-09-2019, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by BcRaven

Way too many horses! I believe The Preakness and Belmont Stakes have a limit. The Derby field is too crowded and can have accidents or DQs... Bc

The Kentucky Derby has a limit too. It's 20.

**BcRaven** · 05-09-2019, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by GOTA

The Kentucky Derby has a limit too. It's 20.

20 is too many... Bc

**bst3975** · 05-09-2019, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by Ravenswintitle

First reversal in history.

I believe the 1968 DQ of Dancer's Image was literally the first reversal, depending upon whether you consider a DQ to be a reversal:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancer%27s_Image

**cleaver** · 05-09-2019, 11:09 AM

After the favorite was scratched the day after he was sold, I don't see how it's possible to be confident there's no fix. Whole sport is bullshit, predatory, abusive, and predetermined. It has a higher incident of spinal injury for riders than football and for many it exists as a vessel on which to gamble. I spend 2 minutes watching horse racing the last 10+ months, an hour later it's like why did I even watch it, what I saw had no connection to the final results.

**Yogidriver** · 05-09-2019, 12:05 PM

Too many horses
Good call to take down the winner

Really I 'm just glad there wasn't a pileup. That was close to being a disaster.

**Ravenswintitle** · 05-09-2019, 12:07 PM

Surprised there isn’t more backlash. I do expect a lawsuit

**GOTA** · 05-09-2019, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by Ravenswintitle

Surprised there isn’t more backlash. I do expect a lawsuit

They ended up paying around $42 million less because of the DQ. I also see lawsuits when I hear those kind of numbers

**moose10101** · 05-09-2019, 04:33 PM

Originally Posted by GOTA

They ended up paying around $42 million less because of the DQ. I also see lawsuits when I hear those kind of numbers

Are you sure you're not misinterpreting something? I see reports that the payout to people who bet on Maximum Security would have been $42 million. But that doesn't mean Churchill Downs paid $42 million less; it simply means that the people who bet on Country House (a massive long-shot) and the eventual 2nd and 3rd place horses got that money instead.