Caracaro out of 2020 Kentucky Derby with leg injury

Global Thoroughbred and Top Racing's Caracaro has been ruled out of the 2020 Kentucky Derby after suffering an injury to his right front leg during the gallop out of a six-furlong Friday morning breeze at Saratoga Race Course.

Trained by Gustavo Delgado, Caracaro worked three-quarters of a mile in 1:12.26 over the main track in what was intended to be his final work for the Kentucky Derby. The son of Uncle Mo registered two runner-up efforts against graded stakes company this summer at the Spa in the Grade 3 Peter Pan and the Grade 1 Travers.

In the gallop out, exercise rider J.J. Delgado dismounted the horse when he felt an issue with the horse's right front.

Gustavo Delgado, Jr., the son and assistant to the elder Delgado, said that he was unsure of the nature of the injury but that he would know more once the horse is examined.

"I don't know how bad it is, but later on we're going to x-ray and find out," Gustavo Delgado, Jr. said. "It's disappointing because he worked so well. He just took a bad step and he wasn't feeling right. His work had already been done. I don't think it's going to be that bad, but we'll know more once we do the proper examination."

Caracaro, who was tenth on the leaderboard with 60 qualifying points, would have been the third Kentucky Derby contender for Delgado, who previously saddled Majesto [18th, 2016] and Bodexpress [13th, 2019].