(CNN) — Mage was the 1st to cross the complete line at the 149th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday.
The obvious gain arrived following seriously favored Forte was scratched from the race before in the working day after a Kentucky Horse Racing Commission veterinarian observed the horse had a bruised appropriate entrance foot, Churchill Downs said.
Forte experienced been listed as the 3-1 early morning line favored to gain the initial leg of the sport’s Triple Crown.
Correction: A past model of this story misstated the locale of Churchill Downs. It is in Louisville.
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