Unlike last year’s controversial finish, there will be no winner stripped of their title this time around.
On Wednesday, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission announced that it has received laboratory results produced from the post-race drug samples that were taken following the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby. All of the samples came back clean from the races that took place on May 6 and May 7. As a result, this year’s Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike, along with the Kentucky Oaks winner Secret Oath, will both keep their first-place finishes.