President Trump Tweets His Displeasure with Derby DQ
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Even the president of the United States has weighed in on the result of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1).
President Donald J. Trump took to Twitter at 8:59 a.m. ET May 5 to voice his displeasure with the disqualification of Maximum Security to his 60 million followers, linking the decision to an atmosphere of political correctness.
"The Kentucky Derby decision was not a good one. It was a rough & tumble race on a wet and sloppy track, actually, a beautiful thing to watch. Only in these days of political correctness could such an overturn occur. The best horse did NOT win the Kentucky Derby - not even close!" he tweeted.
As with any of Trump's tweets, it set Twitter ablaze. By 4 p.m., there were more than 13,000 responses to the tweet and 9,122 retweets. Nearly 41,000 followers liked the tweet.
The president's comments came in the aftermath of the decision by the Churchill Downs stewards to disqualify Maximum Security, who was ahead by 1 3/4 lengths at the finish, to 17th for interference at the top of the stretch in the May 4 opening leg of the Triple Crown. As a result, Country House, a 65-1 shot, was declared the winner, giving Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott his first Kentucky Derby victory.
It was the first time in the 145-year history of the Kentucky Derby that a winner was disqualified for an incident on the racetrack.