Kentucky Derby favorite Omaha Beach to miss race with entrapped epiglottis

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  • Omaha Beach to miss Kentucky Derby with breathing issue
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Omaha Beach, the morning-line favorite for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, will be scratched due to an entrapped epiglottis, trainer Richard Mandella said Wednesday.

The stunning blow to the 145th running of America’s most famous thoroughbred race was discovered when the son of War Front developed a cough after a promising morning workout at Churchill Downs and was scoped, the Hall of Fame trainer said in a statement.

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