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Two more horses died in the hours before 15-1 shot Mage won the Kentucky Derby by a length, making it seven in all and casting a shadow over the 149th edition of the world's most famous race
Two more horses died, making it seven in all, before the Kentucky Derby, and early favorite Forte was scratched with an injury.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two more horses died, making it seven in all, before the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, and early favorite Forte was scratched with an injury in another series of blows to a sport already reeling from doping suspensions and breakdowns.
The longest shot in a compact field of four and the lone California-bred in the lineup, the Eric Kruljac-trained One in Vermillion, a trouble fifth in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby, cut back in distance to seven furlongs and dealt all the cards on Saturday at Santa Anita, as he marched to an emphatic 5¼-length win in the $100,000 Lazaro Barrera Stakes.
Two more horses died in the hours before 15-1 shot Mage won the Kentucky Derby by a length, making it seven in all and casting a shadow over the 149th