With just three alternates available for the Derby, Forte's scratch reduces the size of the field to 18 horses. No immediate reason was given for Forte's removal, which came following a morning workout, though the horse stumbled during an on-track workout on Thursday. The storyline of Derby week has been the number of horses scratched from the race, as four were removed from the field in a 24-hour period from Thursday to Friday before morning-line favorite Forte became the fifth horse scratched on Saturday roughly 10 hours before post time.
Equal parts party and pageantry, the Derby has been staged every year at Churchill Downs without interruption since the inaugural running on May 17, 1875. The country's oldest, continuously held major sporting event returns on Saturday when 20 3-year-old horses leave the starting gate in the 2023 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.
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