Favorite scratched from Preakness -- good news for Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan

The Favorite To Win The Preakness Stakes Has Been Scratched

(Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)Rob Carr/Getty Images The odds-on favorite to take the Preakness Stakes is no longer in the running, according to reports.On Tuesday the announcement came down that, Muth, an 8-5 favorite to win the Preakness, was scratched after coming down with an 103-degree fever."We are sick about this," trainer Bob Baffert said, via BloodHorse. "The horse had been doing really well. But we have to do what's right by the hors…

Preakness Stakes favorite and Bob Baffert-trained horse ruled out after spiking a fever

Mystik Dan’s chances of winning the second leg of the Triple Crown are looking better after it was announced on Wednesday that Preakness favorite Muth was ruled out of the upcoming race due to a fever. The Bob Baffert-trained horse spiked a "high fever," and as a result, Zedan Racing Stables announced Muth was scratched from the 149th running of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday. "We are incredibly disappointed that Muth won't be able to run in t…

Preakness Stakes favorite Muth scratched with fever

The morning-line favorite was scratched from this weekend’s Preakness Stakes causing a major shake on the pre-race odds board.

Bob Baffert’s Muth, the morning-line favorite, out of Preakness with fever

Morning-line favorite Muth, the Bob Baffert-trained colt who had just arrived at Pimlico Race Course from his Southern California training base, was scratched from Saturday’s 149th running of the Preakness Stakes on Wednesday morning after spiking a fever the night before.

Bob Baffert 'sick' after Preakness Stakes favourite ruled out with high temperature

Having been unable to run in the Kentucky Derby due to his trainer’s ban from Churchill Downs, Muth had been strongly fancied for the second leg of the Triple Crown

Preakness favorite Muth scratched, setting up Derby winner Mystik Dan

Preakness favorite Muth is out of the Saturday race after spiking a fever, trainer Bob Baffert said Wednesday.