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Maximum Security (foaled May 14, 2016) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 2019 Champion Three-Year-Old after winning the Florida Derby, Haskell Invitational, Bold Ruler Handicap, and Cigar Mile. Maximum Security crossed the finish line first in the 2019 Kentucky Derby, but was disqualified for interference.
NBC analysts Randy Moss and Jerry Bailey were quick to say they thought that Maximum Security was the best horse and that "the best horse won". [ 24 ] At odds of 65–1, Country House became the second-highest-priced winner (behind Donerail in 1913 ) in the 145-year history of the Derby.
The first edition of the race was held on February 29, 2020. It was won by an American horse, Maximum Security, ridden by Luis Saez.The Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia announced two months later that it would withhold Maximum Security's purse money pending an investigation, following the indictment of trainer Jason Servis in the United States. [8]
Maximum Security's Gary West criticized race stewards' disqualification of his horse's Kentucky Derby victory as "egregious" and says an appeal is possible.
The trainer of racehorse champion Maximum Security was sentenced to four years in prison on Wednesday for his role in a widespread international scheme to drug horses to make them race faster.
The owner of the horse that was disqualified after finishing first in Saturday's Kentucky Derby said he would file an appeal with the state commission. Owner of disqualified horse Maximum Security ...
Luis Saez (born May 19, 1992) is a Panamanian jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Saez rode Maximum Security to finish first in the 2019 Kentucky Derby but was subsequently disqualified due to interference.
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