Four horses are scratched from the 2026 Kentucky Derby field
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Updated · The New York Times · May 2
Four horses are scratched from the 2026 Kentucky Derby field
10 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 2
The late withdrawals are The Puma, Right to Party, Silent Tactic and Fulleffort, with Great White and Ocelli drawing into Saturday's Churchill Downs lineup.
The latest report cites a foot bruise, while an earlier update said The Puma was ruled out Saturday morning because of leg swelling from a skin infection, cutting the field to 19.
The scratches reshape betting in an unusually open Derby, where four entrants were 10-1 or shorter on the morning line and post time was set for 6:57 p.m. ET.
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