2025 Kentucky Derby: Rodriguez, Bob Bafferts Top candidate, scratched with foot injury; Baeza enters the field

Just 48 hours before the 151st Kentucky Derby, one of the top competitors in the 2025 run for the roses was scratched out of the race.

Rodriguez, who opened with 12: 1, but shortened his chances to 6-1 during the week, was scratched on Thursday evening due to an injured foot by coach Bob Baffert. In his place, Baeza will withdraw to the field.

Rodriguez was considered the The biggest candidate from Bafferts both horses As the winner of the Wood Memorial at the beginning of the year, but Baffert was not comfortable because the injured foot was healed enough until Saturday. Baffert said The Athletic said that in two weeks he was aiming for the Preakness missions for Rodriguez 'return to the route.

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Rodriguez should go out of the 4 -post, and its scratch means that each horse is moved in a postal position from 5 to 20 on race day. Baeza enters the field and runs out of the 20 post (as 21 horse on the bulletin).

Baffert still has another horse on the field, Citizen Bull, who ends the first post. Citizen Bull was opened at 20-1 and has dropped to 16: 1 in the living chances.

As Rodriguez 'scratches influenced the quota leaf, it will be fascinating, since he had changed into living opportunities to the third favorite position before scratching and now only gives two horse journalism (7-2) and Sandman (5-1) with opportunities within 10-1. That could change very well on Saturday, and we will find out how the betting market reacts to one of the most popular picks that are scratched out of the race Horse racing apps How Fanduel racePresent Twins And 1/st is huge.