From Derby DQ to doping, a chaotic year in horse racing
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FILE - In this May 4, 2019, file photo, jockey Flavien Prat, aboard Country House, center, looks on as jockey Luis Saez, right, aboard Maximum Security, crosses the finish line during the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Maximum Security crossed the finish line first in the 2019 Kentucky Derby. What happened next set horse racing off on a year-long odyssey of chaos. From a historic DQ to doping, lawsuits to a global pandemic, and then a Triple Crown turned upside down. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)FILE - In this June 20, 2020, file photo, Tiz the Law (8), with jockey Manny Franco up, approaches the finish line on his way to win the152nd running of the Belmont Stakes horse race in Elmont, N.Y. Amidst uncertainty, Tiz the Law has emerged. A victory in the 146th Derby on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, would put the colt bred in upstate New York in position to become racing's 14th Triple Crown winner going into next month's Preakness. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)Kentucky Derby entry Tiz the Law gets a bath following a workout at Churchill Downs, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. The 146th running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 5. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)Kentucky Derby entry Tiz the Law gets a bath following a workout at Churchill Downs, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. The 146th running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 5th. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)Exercise rider Heather Smullen takes Kentucky Derby entry Tiz the Law out for a workout at Churchill Downs, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)Trainer Bob Baffert walks outside of his stables at Churchill Downs, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. The 146th running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 5. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)Trainer Bob Baffert stands outside of his stables at Churchill Downs, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. The 146th running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 5. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)Kentucky Derby entry Tiz the Law is walked back to a stall following a workout at Churchill Downs, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. The 146th running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 5th. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)An exercise rider reads his messages after taking a horse for a workout at Churchill Downs, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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FILE - In this May 4, 2019, file photo, jockey Flavien Prat, aboard Country House, center, looks on as jockey Luis Saez, right, aboard Maximum Security, crosses the finish line during the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Maximum Security crossed the finish line first in the 2019 Kentucky Derby. What happened next set horse racing off on a year-long odyssey of chaos. From a historic DQ to doping, lawsuits to a global pandemic, and then a Triple Crown turned upside down. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
