The Puma has been scratched from the Kentucky Derby, so the 152nd version of the race will likely be run Saturday with 19 horses as an alternative of the utmost 20.
Churchill Downs officers introduced The Puma was out due to a swollen leg from a pores and skin an infection.
He was dominated out lower than 12 hours earlier than the 6:57pm ET submit time, previous the deadline for Corona de Oro to attract into the sphere off the also-eligible checklist.
The horse educated by Gustavo Delgado Sr. and son Gustavo Delgado Jr. opened at odds of 10-1 and was guess right down to 8-1 by Friday.
‘It is extremely disappointing, however the swelling ought to go down inside a day or two,’ Delgado Jr. mentioned. ‘It´s simply actually dangerous timing.’
The daddy-son coaching duo was trying to win its second Derby after doing so with Mage in 2023. One other father-son duo, Invoice and Riley Mott, is the primary to every have a horse within the race since 1964.
The Puma has been scratched from the Kentucky Derby simply hours earlier than the long-lasting race
The Puma is the fourth scratch from the sphere this week, with one coming every of the previous 4 days.
Silent Tactic was dominated out Wednesday, Fulleffort on Thursday and Proper to Occasion on Friday, with Nice White, Ocelli and Robusta getting in.
Renegade stays the favourite after opening as such on the morning line every week in the past.
The Todd Pletcher-trained colt can be the primary to win the Derby out of the within No. 1 submit place in 4 many years.
