The Kentucky Derby picture changed significantly Thursday as Rodriguez withdrew, allowing Santa Anita Derby runner-up Baeza into the field;

Rodriguez was considered the biggest contender of Baffert's two horses as the winner of the Wood Memorial earlier in the year, but Baffert wasn't comfortable with the bruised foot being healed enough by Saturday. Baffert told The Athletic he was targeting the Preakness Stakes in two weeks for Rodriguez's return to the track.

The Kentucky Derby lost a Bob Baffert-trained horse for Saturday's race.  Rodriguez, which opened at 12-1, will not be competing after his team decided to pull him out of prestigious Derby.  Tom Ryan,