a horse race, it's a metaphor
"It feels pretty darn good," Mott said. "It was an odd way to do it and we hate to back into any of these things. We'll just have to prove ourselves in the future."
https://www.syracuse.com/sports/2019/05/kentucky-derby-2019-maximum-security-wins.html
Flavien Prat, the jockey of Country House, filed a rider's objection claiming that Maximum Security veered out of his path in the final turn, and it was upheld following a lengthy review, ESPN reported.
Prat claimed that Maximum Security ducked out in the final turn and forced several horses to steady. War of Will came perilously close to clipping heels with Maximum Security, which could have caused a chain-reaction accident, the AP reported.
https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/maximum-securitys-disqualification-kentucky-derby-makes-history/story?id=62827754