Sick Uncle MB excluded for the Kentucky Derby

LOUISVILLE, KY. - Uncle MB does not run in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.

Owner Mike Repole, said that the colt was barred because he has not enough of a stomach illness to run in the race of 1?-mile recovered. Uncle MB was the second 9-2 choice on the morning line.

Which reduces the field for the 137-to 19-horse Derby. Dialed is 4-1 early favorite.

Repole made the announcement Friday morning, about 40 minutes before the opening of Derby betting. In 2009, Derby favorite I want revenge have scraped on the morning of the race with a leg injury end of career.

[+] Expand AP Photo/Garry JonesUncle Mo has been recovering from a stomach disease but seemed good Gallop this week.

Uncle MB occurred Friday morning at Churchill Downs without his briefcase of saddle of Derby. Repole was not present at the morning training session.

The elegant bay colt had looked good in recovery as he threw the last few days.

Repole Thursday, expected the results of the latest vet exam.

"If it is not what we deem 100 percent tomorrow, it will not be 100% Saturday,"he says. ".

Repole, said Thursday that he would not sacrifice health Uncle om to fulfill his dream of 30 years to have a horse in the greatest race horses in America. There is always thirst to stay in the area.

Uncle MB won last year's Cup Juvenile Breeders' Churchill and had taken a record perfect in the wood Memorial.

There, uncle Mo led the field with a quarter of a mile to go, but two horses passed him and he finished third by a length. Later, appetite Uncle fallen om and suspicion. A review to get the infection of the gastrointestinal tract.

Trainer Todd Pletcher was not talking about Thursday. But he said MB Uncle responds well to treatment and his appetite had returned.

"We have to listen to what Uncle Mo tells us," said Repole, "and he says that it is better and better." He told us that it is progressing.

"If three Veterans say"Yes"and Todd, said"no", the answer is"no","Repole said.""

It is still possible Uncle MB could be found in the Preakness on May 21. Otherwise, Repole said that he expect Saratoga in July.

"I want this horse to be the best horse in the country and not only for me, but for the race," he said.

Information from the Associated Press and ESPN Jeannine Edwards was used in this report.