Country House won the 145th Kentucky Derby on Saturday after Maximum Security became the first horse to be disqualified in the history of the storied race. Maximum Security crossed the finish line first, but there was an objection on the field and the horse in second place, Country House, was declared the winner.
After deliberating for nearly 25 minutes, three stewards determined that Maximum Security moved off the rail, out of his lane and into the path of War of Will. In the process, he also got in the way of Long Range Toddy and Country House just before they entered turn number one.
Country House, ridden by Flavien Prat, was a 65-to-1 longshot to win the Derby. Officially, a $2 bet placed on Country House paid out $132.40. Exact order bets, like exactas and trifectas paid even more to usual.
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This is the second win for the 3-year-old male colt. His first win was in January at Gulfstream Park. In his previous three races, he placed third, fourth and second, respectively. He’s also the son of Lookin at Lucky, the winner of the 2010 Preakness States and the 2010 Indiana Derby.
The ruling Saturday gave trainer Bill Mott, 65, his first victory at Churchill Downs.
“It feels pretty darn good,” Mott said, the Associated Press reported. “It was an odd way to do it and we hate to back into any of these things. We’ll just have to prove ourselves in the future.”
Rain poured for nearly an hour before post time, forcing officials to downgrade the track condition to sloppy for the third year in a row. This year’s race was tinged with drama days before the race, as the favorite Omaha Beach, was forced to pull out over breathing issues.
2019 Kentucky Derby official results
- Country House
- Code of Honor
- Tacitus
- Improbable
- Game Winner
- Master Fencer
- War of Will
- Plus Que Parfait
- Win Win Win
- Cutting Humor
- By My Standards
- Vekoma
- Bodexpress
- Tax
- Roadster
- Long Range Toddy
- Spinoff
- Gray Magician
- Maximum Security (disqualified)
Kentucky Derby betting payouts
No 20 Country House (65-1) was the official winner, No. 13 Code of Honor (14-1) finished second and No. 8 Tacitus (5-1) finished third. No. 5 Inprobable was fourth for superfecta wagers.
Here are the payouts for the winners:
- Country House: $132.40 (win), $56.60 (place), $24.60 (show)
- Code of Honor: $15.20 (place), $9.80 (show)
- Tacitus: $5.60 (show)
Here are additional payouts for exactla, trifecta and superfecta bets:
- Exacta: 20-13 (Country House , Code of Honor) paid $3,009.60 on a $2 bet
- Trifecta: 20-13-8 (Country House, Code of Honor, Tacitus) paid $11,475.30 on a $1 bet
- Superfecta: 2-13-8-5 (Country House, Code of Honor, Tacitus, Improbable) paid $51,400.1 on a $1 bet
