With Omaha Beach out, Game Winner, a Bob Baffert trained horse, becomes the favorite.
Omaha Beach, the morning-line favorite for Saturday's Kentucky Derby, will be scratched due to an entrapped epiglottis, trainer Richard Mandella said Wednesday. The colt had been tagged as the 4-1 favorite. According to Yahoo Sports, "Omaha Beach reportedly was coughing Wednesday morning, and an examination revealed an entrapped epiglottis".
The 2019 Triple Crown gets underway on Saturday afternoon with the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday from Churchill Downs in Lexington, Ky. Was discovered after cough and scope. As of 6:30 p.m., the horse was still in his barn on the backside of Churchill.
"The horse will be fine", Smith said. 'The good news is it wasn't anything that is life-threatening'.
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Bodexpress replaced Omaha Beach in the field, but if Haikal can not go, there is no second alternative, meaning the field would be slimmed down to 18 horses.
Tacitus will likely be one of the top choices on the first Saturday in May, but I want to lay out several reasons why he will be a play against for me in the Kentucky Derby (G1). Dr. Bonnie Rush of Kansas State's College of Veterinary Medicine is a "less common cause of respiratory noise and exercise intolerance". As a result, Omaha Beach is officially out for the three legs of the Triple Crown.
Surgical transection is generally curative, with a relapse rate of 5%. "But we all do the best we can, but it means the world to us to what our horse's condition is". It is important to allow full healing before exercising.
Mandella estimated the colt would miss two weeks of training, which would rule out a run in the Preakness or Belmont, but summer classics like the Haskell or the Pacific Classic would be on the table. The ordeal will knock him off the Triple Crown trail.
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