Omaha Beach will not race due to an entrapped epiglottis.
CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORELOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Kentucky Derby favorite Omaha Beach will not be racing Saturday.
Bodexpress, at 30-1, who was on the also-eligible list, now is in the field. Omaha Beach was in the No. 12 post. Now, every horse from No. 13 to No. 20 moves over one post position. Bodexpress will be in the No. 20 spot. “The horse will be fine. He’s OK. It’s nothing life-threatening, which is the most important thing," Smith said. "The other stuff, we’ll get over it.”
— Churchill Downs PR May 1, 2019More: Why the Kentucky Derby is responsible for bourbon boom around the world“ felt so bad. You could hear it in his voice," Smith told the Courier Journal. "He’s just devastated over it, and you can see why. A horse like this who was training as well as he was training, all systems were go and now you have to pull the plug. You can only imagine what it felt like for him and Mr. Porter and all of the connections.
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