Some things about last Saturday's 145th running of the Kentucky Derby may never be crystal clear, including what caused Maximum Security to veer out on the final turn, causing interference to several horses and leading to the unprecedented disqualification of Gary and Mary West's homebred colt from first to 17th place. One area of confusion involves Flavien Prat, the native of France who rode Country House to a second-place finish, then was placed first upon the disqualification of Maximum Security. When did Prat claim foul against Maximum Security and jockey Luis Saez, and was he prompted to do so by Country House's trainer, Bill Mott? On Sunday morning, Jay Privman, national correspondent for Daily Racing Form, reported on Twitter that Prat “asked the outrider to put a hold on the race, which was communicated to stewards.” That same day, Tim Layden, writing for Sports Illustrated, said, “Mott said Sunday morning that it was he who encouraged Prat to claim foul after Jose Ortiz, the jockey on Mott's other horse, third-place finisher Tacitus, told him that Maximum Security, 'has to come down.'” Privman and Layden are experienced, extremely well respected journalists who are known for their accuracy. Is it possible both of them were correct? Yes...MORE
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