Stream the Kentucky Derby here. Haikal won't run in the Kentucky Derby because of an infection in his left front foot, reducing the field to 19 horses. Click Here HD Stream Haikal joins early favorite Omaha Beach on the sidelines for Saturday's race. This year's Kentucky Derby is Saturday, May 4 with post time at 6:50 p.m. ET. The race is always held on the first Saturday of May. The Derby is run on the dirt track at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, the same place it's been held since its inaugural race in 1875. Trained by Kiaran McLaughlin, Haikal was being treated for an abscess and didn't train Thursday or Friday. That left McLaughlin no choice but to scratch the Gotham Stakes winner before the deadline Friday morning. Haikal, a 30-1 shot, had his infected foot soaked in Epsom salts to reduce the accumulation of pus. The problem should clear shortly, but the colt ran out of time to prepare for the 1¼-mile Derby. The 2019 Kentucky Derby is h
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