A second horse has been scratched from Saturday's Kentucky Derby, a day and a half before the 2025 race. Grande was scratched due to a foot bruise, owner Mike Repole announced Friday. The horse ...

The 2025 Kentucky Derby field was narrowed to 19 horses after Grande was scratched from Saturday's race.. Churchill Downs said a foot bruise was the reason for Grande's withdrawal. Grande owner ...

We were given no real explanation why Grande was scratched 36 hours before the race.” The first horse scratched from Kentucky Derby 151 was Rodriguez, trained by Bob Baffert.

Grande was the runner-up in the Wood Memorial. Todd Pletcher, who has started a record 65 horses in the Kentucky Derby, will miss the race for the first time since 2003.

Wood Memorial runner-up Grande has scratched from the Kentucky Derby, according to trainer Todd Pletcher and owner Mike Repole, for the May 3, 2025, race.

Grande, owned by Mike Repole and trained by Todd Pletcher, will not race due to a bruised foot, the Derby announced, bringing the field for Saturday’s race down to 19.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Grande has been scratched from the Kentucky Derby, reducing the field for Saturday’s 151st edition to 19 horses. He joins Rodriguez on the sidelines after that colt was ...

Grande -- owned by Mike Repole and trained by Todd Pletcher -- was set to race in the 2025 Kentucky Derby.. But then, the thoroughbred was scratched on Thursday along with Rodriguez.Why is that?

Grande will try to become the fifth horse to win the Kentucky Derby after just three career starts, joining Regret (1915), Big Brown (2008), Justify (2018) and Mage (2023). … ...

We were given no real explanation why Grande was scratched 36 hours before the race.” The first horse scratched from Kentucky Derby 151 was Rodriguez, trained by Bob Baffert.