Rodriguez, one of two Bob Baffert-trained horses that were scheduled to run in the 151st Kentucky Derby on Saturday, has been scratched from the race.

The Kentucky Derby will be down an entrant on Saturday. Rodriguez, one of the top horses in the field, will not be competing after his owners decided to pull him out of prestigious Derby. Tom Ryan, a managing partner of one of the several companies that owns Rodriguez,

Bob Baffert has had at least 75 racehorses — including two just last month — die under his care since 2000, according to the California Horse Racing Board and Daily Racing Form data, but a new book asserts that the legendary 72-year-old trainer has been unfairly maligned.