Two Horses Scratched Today in the Kentucky Derby - Practical Move and Lord Miles
Trainer Tim Yakteen announced the scratch of Practical Move from the Kentucky Derby today, due to an elevated temperature. The bay son of Practical Joke and Ack Naughty had drawn the number 10 post on Monday. Yakteen still has a horse in the Derby, Reincarnate, who will wear saddle cloth number 7. Practical Move had earned the second-highest amount of points to enter this year's Derby, with 160. - With Practical Move out of the Derby, Cyclone Mischief has drawn in. Practical Move on 3 May - before scratch Also, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission decided that all horses trained by Saffie Joseph, Jr. would be scratched - this means that Lord Miles, who had earned 105 points for the Derby, was also scratched. The bay son of Curlin and Lady Esme had drawn post position 19 on Monday. Japan-bred Mandarin Hero (JPN) will fill in to make a field of 20. Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. had two of his horses, both owned by Kenneth Ram...