Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. was suspended by Churchill Downs and Lord Miles was scratched from the Kentucky Derby after two of Joseph's horses died at the track.
“This is the worst part of the game,” said Mike Repole, co-owner of early Derby favorite Forte. “It’s very sad.”
Despite the deaths, Joseph had planned to run Lord Miles in the Derby. The colt arrived from Florida; the two dead horses had been at Keeneland in Lexington. The deaths are the first for Joseph, who came to Florida in 2011 after training in his native Barbados.At the same time, he added, “There’s two ways: You can run away from it and pretend it didn’t happen or you could face it and find out what we can do.”
Besides Joseph's horses, Derby long shot Wild On Ice and 3-year-old filly Take Charge Briana broke down with musculoskeletal injuries during training or racing at Churchill Downs. Both were euthanized.“We're living on unknown terms right now, so that's the uneasy part,” he said.
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