A prominent voice in Canadian horse racing says the wild finish at Saturday's Kentucky Derby has 'opened up the debate' about how the sport is governed in the U.S. and Canada.
TORONTO - A prominent voice in Canadian horse racing says the wild finish at Saturday's Kentucky Derby has "opened up the debate" about how the sport is governed in the U.S. and Canada.
Lawson, who sits on the executive committee of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, says race stewards ruled correctly when they disqualified Maximum Security for impeding the path of another horse.
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