Maximum Security Will Skip Preakness; Owner to Appeal Disqualification

Maximum Security’s Appeal of Kentucky Derby Disqualification Is Denied

An intrigue by the proprietors of the precluded Kentucky Derby champ Maximum Security was denied by state controllers on Monday only hours after it had been documented. The choice left the lawful framework as the main plan of action to have the yearling proclaimed the hero of America's most popular pony race. 

Gary West, who claims Maximum Security with his better half, Mary, said Monday he was skirting the Preakness Stakes, the second race in the Triple Crown rivalry. 

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, in a letter from its general guidance, John L. Forgy, said the exclusion was not expose to bid. It was not quickly certain whether West wanted to make the following stride and record a claim over the decision. 

The intrigue, recorded by the legal advisor Barry Stilz for the benefit of the Wests in Lexington, Ky., mentioned that all Derby tote cash be put retained "pending last assurance." It additionally mentioned access to video replays; notes from the stewards who decided that Maximum Security had meddled with another pony; and the announcements from mentors and maneuvers that stewards utilized in their basic leadership process. 

West had brutal words Monday for Churchill Downs Racetrack, the host of the Derby, considering it a "voracious association" for permitting a 20-horse field. Most esteemed races in the United States top fields at 14. 

"Churchill Downs, since they're an eager association, instead of 14 like you have in the Kentucky Oaks and the Breeder's Cup and each other race in America, since they can get more cash-flow, they're willing to chance steeds' lives and individuals' lives to do that," he said in a meeting on "The Today Show" on NBC. 

It was in excess of a passionate misfortune for the Wests. A $1.86 million in front of the pack check snuck past their fingers when the foal was precluded and moved to seventeenth spot, however the greater effect was to Maximum Security's an incentive as a stallion. 

On the off chance that his triumph stood, Maximum Security's esteem would have launch to $20 million. Another triumph in the Preakness would have multiplied it, while a Triple Crown breadth could have implied up to $60 million. 

In the wake of avoiding the Preakness, Maximum Security, regardless of whether he comes back to win the Belmont Stakes, would have a stud estimation of generally $5 million to $8 million, as per blood stock examiners.