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An appeal by the owners of the disqualified Kentucky Derby winner Maximum Security was denied by state regulators on Monday just hours after it had been filed. The decision left the legal system as the only recourse to have the colt declared the champion of America’s most famous horse race.
Gary West, who owns Maximum Security with his wife, Mary, said Monday he was skipping the Preakness Stakes, the second race in the Triple Crown competition.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, in a letter from its general counsel, John L. Forgy, said the disqualification was not subject to appeal.