The Kentucky Derby was plunged into turmoil 48 hours before America's biggest horse race after a trainer was suspended indefinitely following a spate of horse deaths.
Saffie Joseph Jr was due to saddle Lord Miles in the £2.5 million contest but learned on Thursday that he was no longer welcome at Churchill Downs after two of his horses were among four horses to suffer fatal injuries since the meeting began.
Joseph, who is based in Florida, had already agreed to scratch all of his planned runners, except Lord Miles, after news emerged that Parents Pride and Chasing Artie had collapsed and died with their cause of death unknown.
