War PAss's owner La Penta said this:
War Pass owner Robert LaPenta said his colt had a fever earlier this week.
"He wasn't himself today," LaPenta said. "We wanted to come out of the gate and take the lead around the first turn. ... War Pass had some fever this week and we thought he'd be OK. But obviously it wasn't his day."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080315/...pa_bay_derby_3
With a couple million bucks in the people's money tied to this horse which went off at 1/20 ($.05-1) wouldn't it have been nice if the betting public had been made aware?
You never see an NFL player with a hangnail not reported.