Kentucky Derby 2026: Great White scratched after rolling and throwing jockey minutes before race

[ASFN Admin]

The 2026 Kentucky Derby got started later than expected, due to an incident involving replacement horse Great White.

Minutes before the race was set to commence, an upset Great White rolled and threw its jockey. The horse was soon scratched, while forcing all the horses to have to be taken out of the gate and reloaded.

Great White flung off a jockey and is scratch for the race pic.twitter.com/SeEhYfKIfA

— Brian Wishart (@bwishart) May 2, 2026

This article will be updated with more information.

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