Triple Crown winner Mike Smith gets Kentucky Derby ride Globe_Sports
Omaha Beach, right, ridden by jockey Mike Smith, edges out Game Winner, ridden by jockey Joel Rosario, to win the second division of the Rebel Stakes horse race at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark. on March 16, 2019.Triple Crown-winning jockey Mike Smith will ride in the Kentucky Derby after all.
The 53-year-old rider had been on the early 4-1 favourite, Omaha Beach, until the colt was scratched because of a breathing problem.Smith originally chose to ride Omaha Beach over Roadster, one of three Derby horses trained by Bob Baffert. Once Omaha Beach was out of Saturday’s race, Baffert said he wouldn’t change any of his riders.
Cutting Humor was the last Derby horse to have a rider named Monday when Corey Lanerie got the mount. He would have been aboard the colt for the first time. But once Smith became available, owner Starlight Racing decided to go with the jockey nicknamed Big Money Mike for his ability to win some of the sport’s richest races.
The Derby lost another horse Friday when Haikal was scratched because of an infection in his left front foot. That leaves the field at 19.
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