Overview
- Silent Tactic, withdrawn Wednesday with a bruised foot likened to a fingernail separation, will miss the Kentucky Derby.
- Churchill Downs moved Great White into the 20-horse field under the also-eligible rule, which shifts starters drawn 14 through 20 in by one post.
- Trainer Mark Casse said the injury is minor but painful and he scratched more than 72 hours out to put the colt’s welfare first.
- The change costs jockey Cristian Torres his planned Derby debut and gives Alex Achard the mount on Great White for trainer John Ennis.
- Mark Casse and owner John Oxley now point Silent Tactic to the Preakness Stakes on May 16, pending the foot’s recovery.