Great White is fine after flipping and being a late Kentucky Derby scratch
AP News • • sports
Key Points:
- Great White flipped and threw his jockey, Alex Achard, shortly before the Kentucky Derby, leading to the horse's scratch from the race and preventing Achard and trainer John Ennis from competing.
- Despite the incident, trainer John Ennis reported that Great White was "perfect" and unaffected physically or mentally by the accident.
- The flipping caused a delay in the race start, forcing horses already loaded in the gate to be backed out, though Golden Tempo had not yet entered the gate.
- Golden Tempo, ridden by jockey Jose Ortiz, went on to win the Derby, making Cherie DeVaux the first female trainer to win the race.
- Great White had only entered the Derby field after another horse, Silent Tactic, was scratched due to a foot injury.
