The Churchill Downs race stewards took Maximum Security off the board and made Country House the winner of Saturday’s 145th Run for the Roses in Louisville, Kentucky.
Country House had never won a race of any kind, let alone the prestigious Derby, and went off at 65-1. He is the winner with the longest odds in the past 100 years. Way back in 1913, winner Donerail was the only winner to prevail over longer odds. That one was far more extraordinary. Donerail went off at 91-1 despite the fact that there were only eight horses in the field!
As an unbiased observer….something smells here.
Might be nice if someone from the race would explain what the original winner did wrong.