El Kabeir in doubt for Kentucky Derby because of sore foot (The Associated Press)

El Kabeir has a sore foot that could knock him out of the Kentucky Derby. The gray colt did not have his usual jog on Friday and Justin Zayat, son of owner Ahmed Zayat, later said on Twitter that ”it looks like he might be getting a foot abscess or a foot bruise” in his left front foot. Terranova noticed when El Kabeir took a few cautious steps out of his stall. News of a possible defection came too late for Tale of Verve, the second also-eligible Derby horse.