Mystik Dan's path to winning the Preakness opened on Wednesday as early favorite Muth was ruled out due to a spiking fever. Trainer Bob Baffert said the horse's temperature reached 103 degrees Fahrenheit and there was no other option but to remove him from the race.

The favorite for the Preakness Stakes, Bob Baffert’s Muth, won’t compete in the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown.

The field for the GI Preakness S., ranked in “likeliest winner” order: 1) MYSTIK DAN (c, Goldencents-Ma'am, by Colonel John). O/B-Lance Gasaway, Daniel Hamby & 4G Racing, LLC (Ky); T-Kenneth G. McPeek.