Maximum Security, the horse that made history by being disqualified from Saturday's Kentucky Derby for a rules infraction, will not run in the Preakness Stakes, the next leg of racing's Triple Crown, his owner says
"I think there is no Triple Crown on the line for us, and there is no reason to run a horse back in two weeks when you don't have to," Gary West said in an interview on the network's"Today" show.However, West also said an appeal will be filed Monday with Kentucky's state racing commission.
The Kentucky Derby wasn't the first time we expected another winner. Here are 5 other confusing momentsIt is the first time a Derby winner has been disqualified because of a foul on the track. In 1968, Dancer's Image won but failed a drug test and was disqualified."I was a bit shocked and surprised that the stewards wrote a statement that was probably prepared by their lawyers and refused, literally refused, to take a single question from the media," West said.
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