Clevelandurbannews.com, LOUISVILLE, Kentucky- In spite of a muddy track from rain that came down all day and sprinkled at the start of the race, long-shot Country Cloud, with a 65-1 odds, won the 145th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky  on Saturday to bring home the $3 million purse, a win by technicality after Maxim Security, the favorite with 4-1 odds, was disqualified after crossing the finish line.

The $2 exacta paid out $3,009.60 relative to Country Cloud, the $1 trifecta, $11,475.30, and the $1 superfecta brought $51,400.10, more than double the  $1 superfecta payout last year

Grammy-winning Sugarland singer Jennifer Nettles performed the National Anthem before the horse race, her talent and range wooing the audience, and after she sang,  the University of Louisville Marching Band played "My Old Kentucky Home." .

Among the celebrities there were  media personality Laila Ali, who is the daughter of the late boxing great Muhammad Ali, a Louisville native, Tom Brady, the quarterback for the New England Patriots and a six-time Super Bowl winner, and Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield, also a Heisman Trophy winner.

Mayfield played an official role as an announcer and gave the welcome and the “Riders Up” call to the jockeys prior to race, “Riders Up!” the traditional command  for jockeys to mount their horses and head to the starting gate.

Nineteen race horses, down from the  the usual 20 after Obama Breeze bowed out last week due to a breathing condition, raced along the one and on-half of a quarter mile stretch, a two-minute long race with implications of a lifetime for the horse, jockeys, horse owners, and in some instances, betters.

"I'm kind of speechless right now," said Country Cloud jockey Flavian Prat after learning that Country Cloud had won after Maxim Security's jockey had messed up, the first time in the derby's history a first place finisher has been disqualified, unprecedented in fact.

Country Cloud trainer Bill Mott said before race horse officials issued the disqualification mandate against Maximum Security that it’s their duty to do the right thing, and I hope they do."

Country Cloud now heads to the Preakness on May 18th for a possible win there.

Officials said the crowd at Churchill Downs was at roughly 150,000 people, down from last year's derby attendance at 157,813, the rain a factor last year too where Justify, with jockey Mike Smith, trainer Bob Baffert, and 5-2 odds, took first place followed by Good Magic and Audible in second and third, respectively.

The inappropriate lane changing objection that got Maximum Security disqualified came from Country House's owner, Country House, the second longest shot to in the derby, behind Donerail's victory in 1913 with 91-1 odds. moving to first place, and Code of Honor, whose owner also lodged an objection, moved up to second place.

Third place went to Tacitus

Maximum Security’s trainer, Jason Servis, called Saturday's derby events "very emotional for me."

And where he thought he had won, Maximum Security jockey Luis Saez, 26, told NBC News prior to being disqualified, that it was 'my dream come true,' a short-lived dream of course.