LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)-- Practical Move will not run in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday due to the fact that of an elevated temperature.
The scratch was announced by Churchill Downs on Thursday. The colt trained by Tim Yakteen was the early co-fourth option at 10-1 chances.
That moves Cyclone Mischief into the 20-horse field. The colt ended up third in the Florida Derby and was second in the Fountain of Youth. He has 2 wins in 7 career starts for trainer Dale Romans.
Practical Move won the Santa Anita Derby, the Los Alamitos Futurity and the San Felipe Stakes. The colt galloped on Thursday morning and practiced standing in the beginning gate. Previously in the day, Yakteen said things were going well.
He did not immediately respond to a text message from The Associated Press.
The Southern California-based fitness instructor still has Reincarnate in the Derby. He took control of that colt's training from Bob Baffert, who is serving a two-year restriction by Churchill Downs Inc. for a failed postrace doping test by Medina Spirit, the 2021 winner who was later disqualified.
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