LOUISVILLE, Ky. _ UAE Derby winner Thunder Snow bucked out of the starting gate and was immediately pulled up in the opening moments of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday.
The Irish-bred colt went off at 16-1 odds and was the only contender Saturday to race overseas before coming to the Kentucky Derby.
NBC reported a few minutes after the race that a preliminary examination of Thunder Snow showed nothing out of the ordinary.
He broke a step slow out of the gate and then started bucking under jockey Christophe Soumillon, who pulled him up a few seconds later. Thunder Snow was corralled almost immediately by an outrider and jogged along the rail as the other 19 contenders in the race headed into the first turn.
Always Dreaming won the Kentucky Derby.
