Silent Tactic is out of the Kentucky Derby because of a foot injury, trainer says

Trainer Mark Casse says Silent Tactic is out of the Kentucky Derby because of a foot injury. Silent Tactic’s exit puts Great White into the field of 20 horses for the first leg of the Triple Crown. Casse said it was a very slight separation in one of Silent Tactic’s feet that caused him and owner John Oxley to make the decision. Casse said the move was made early to allow preparations to begin to run the colt in the Preakness on May 16. Silent Tactic opened at odds of 13-1 on the morning line. T...