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That time I won the Kentucky Derby. Until I didn’t. But at least I won when I took Mary home.

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Terry and Mary Meiners, Unbridled Eve, May 3, 2019

Mary and I had a ball at Unbridled Eve and the next day at the 145th Kentucky Derby…

Terry and Mary Meiners, Churchill Downs, May 4, 2019

…until the racing stewards cancelled my winning ticket by disqualifying winner Maximum Security. Oops! Ain’t gonna bump no more with no big, fat racehorse.

Yahoo Sports columnist Pat Forde tells the jaw-dropping tale of unbridled elation followed by Maximum Security’s designation as “a racing immortal for all the wrong reasons.”

Country House crosses the finish line second but ultimately wins the race.

President Trump weighed in with a misspelled tweet, later reposted with the correct spelling of Kentucky.

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