The Kentucky Derby has run into more obstacles ahead of the big race.
Forte trains on the track during morning workouts for the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 05, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky. The cast of characters for the 149th Kentucky Derby was rewritten again hours before the race Saturday when early favorite Forte was scratched.
A horse in Saturday's second race, 3-year-old Chloe's Dream, "went wrong" leaving the first turn, pulled up and was taken off the track in an equine ambulance, according to the Equibase results chart.Forte had been the early 3-1 favorite; his absence reduces the field to 18 horses for the 1 1/4-mile race.
Forte stumbled during a workout on Thursday, although trainer Todd Pletcher had downplayed it. He still has two horses in the race: Tapit Trice and Kingsbarns. A crowd of about 150,000 is expected to jam Churchill Downs to wager and watch the Derby. Post time is 6:57 p.m. EDT.
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