Geaux Rocket Ride is scratched from Santa Anita Derby

HRN Staff
Photo: Eclipse Sportswire

Geaux Rocket Ride was scratched from the Grade 1, $750,000 Santa Anita Derby.

Geaux Rocket Ride was scratched from the race because of a slightly elevated temperature, Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella told HRN in a text message.

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"We found him to have 103 temperature later in the morning after he had galloped," he said.

Geaux Rocket Ride was the 3-1 second choice on the morning line for the Santa Anita Derby, coming out of a second-place finish behind Practical Move in the San Felipe (G2), only his second career start. The Candy Ride colt was expected to be part of the early pace in the race.

Santa Anita morning line oddsmaker Jon White has issued an updated list of expected prices after the scratch of Geaux Rocket Ride.

The defection of Geaux Rocket Ride leaves a field of eight in the Santa Anita Derby. The expected favorite is Practical Move, whose morning-line odds have been adjusted from 8-5 to 6-5. Practical Move, trained by Tim Yakteen, tries Grade 1 company for the first time after winning both the Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) and the San Felipe.

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