In the event that you had a future bet on early Kentucky Derby favorite Omaha Beach you can return to the drawing board, as his trainer Richard Mandella declared on Wednesday that the brilliant colt would miss Saturday's race. On the revised line, the Bob Baffert trained leovegas sportsbook Winner is currently the favorite at 4-1. Churchill Downs revised the afternoon line after the scratch of the favorite.An entrapped epiglottis, which impacts the colt's breathing is the offender. Minor surgery is likely, along with the colt will miss his chance at the two most exciting minutes in sports. Omaha Beach had been as low as +350 in ancient Kentucky Derby wagering at Bovada. Maximum Security Wagering on the Kentucky Derby (G1) opened on Friday and with just under $1 million at the betting pool it had been Maximum Security and Tacitus which were taking the maximum actions in the win pool. Florida Derby (G1) winner Maximum Security is your tepid early favorite for the Run for the Roses at 9-2down from his morning line of 8-1 while Tacitus is the co-second choice at 5-1, down from an 8-1 dawn line. Game Winer inherited the honour of morning line favorite at 9-2 after the Wednesday scratch of Omaha Beach. The Bob Baffert trainee is in wagering. Improbable is your co-second choice in early gambling at 5-1, matching his morning line odds of 5-1. The colt is trained by Baffert. Baffert's third runner is Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner Roadster, that has drifted up to 9-1 off his 5-1 morning line odds. Cutting Honor, with a late jockey switch from Corey Lanerie to Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith has dropped to 22-1 out of his 30-1 morning line. Smith was originally scheduled to ride Omaha Beach, who needed to scratch on Wednesday due to an entrapped epiglottis. By My Standards, the Louisiana Derby (G2) winner has become the buzz horse to the backstretch this past week. He had been recorded at 20-1 on the first morning line and lowered to 15-1 following the scratch of Omaha Beach. His chances after Friday was recorded at 14-1. Serengeti Empress won Friday's Kentucky Oaks (G1) paying $28.00 for $2 and in the Oaks/ Derby daily double it's Improbable that gets the lowest will pay at $110.60 for a $1 wager. The payoff with Tacitus is $111.40, followed closely by Game Winner at $116.30 and Maximum Security at $123.90. In addition to Omaha Bach, Haikal scratched on Friday, making a field of 19. Despite rains that fell Thursday to Friday morning that the track was labeled as fast for the Kentucky Oaks on Friday afternoon. There is an 80 percent chance of rain on Saturday. Showers are forecast to start around 1:00 and continue throughout the afternoon into the evening. The Weather Channel lists rain's chance at 40% at 6:00 and 50 percent for 5:00. Post time to the Kentucky Derby is 6:50. Wish to have a VIP Betting Experience in Las Vegas for you and a guest? Enter our Kentucky Derby contest for your chance to win.
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