Churchill Downs
Ethereal Road scratches; Rich Strike draws in
RACE REPLAY IS NOT AVAILABLE
Barbara D. Livingston Ethereal Road will be trainer D. Wayne Lukas' 50th Kentucky Derby starter.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Ethereal Road was scratched from the Kentucky Derby on Friday morning, allowing the first also-eligible, Rich Strike, to get in.
Ethereal Road drew post 20 when posts were drawn on Monday. Rich Strike moves into that spot now. Rattle N Roll, the other also-eligible, is scratched.
Scratch time for both Oaks Day on Friday and Derby Day on Saturday was Friday morning at 9 a.m. Eastern.
Ethereal Road was seventh in the Blue Grass and fourth in the Lexington in his last two starts. His trainer, D. Wayne Lukas, did not immediately return a phone call Friday seeking comment on the scratch.
