Bob Baffert was all set to have two horses in the 2025 Kentucky Derby with Rodriguez and Citizen Bull. But now, he'll have just one in the race at Churchill Downs. Why is that? It's because Rodriguez was scratched from the race on Thursday afternoon due to a bruised foot, as co-owner Tom Ryan wrote on that day on X (formerly Twitter).

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 scratched on Thursday. “Unfortunately,