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The legal team for trainer Bob Baffert filed a motion April 4 to withdraw its pursuit of a preliminary injunction related to his two-year ban from participation in racetracks owned by Churchill Downs Inc. Defense counsel for CDI and CDI CEO William Carstanjen and CDI board chairman R. Alex Rankin, the two executives also named in the two lawsuit, have indicated, according to the motion, no ...
Golden Slipper heroine Fireburn will try to emulate the likes of Pierro, Sebring, and Dance Hero on Saturday in adding the Inglis Sires' to her CV and her trainer Gary Portelli said she has come through her win in brilliant order. Earlier in the season, much of the talk surrounding Portelli's juveniles were about his colt Sejardan, but the Warwick Farm-based trainer noted he hadn't been ...
Trainer Francis Finnegan has been found guilty by the Victorian Racing Tribunal of the two charges he contested over the concealed identity of horse No Frontiers. The charges relate to a jumpout at Cranbourne on April 20 last year when No Frontiers, who was ridden by Ben Thompson, participated, as well as a Three-Year-Old Maiden race at Bairnsdale on May 3, which No Frontiers won. In their ...
Before Master Fencer, Japan's last Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve Gr.1 participant, competed in the 2019 classic, the colt was quarantined in Chicago before traveling to Keeneland and later Churchill Downs. This year's Japanese representative, Teruya Yoshida's Crown Pride, has taken an earlier and more direct path, having already flown to the United States from Dubai, where he ...
Two-time Gr.1 winner Gufo is scheduled to make his first start of the 2022 season in the $200,000 Pan American Stakes Presented by Rood & Riddle Gr.2 on April 2 on the Gulfstream Park turf. The 5YO son of Declaration of War will make his first start since an off-the-board finish in the Longines Breeders' Cup Turf Gr.1 on Nov. 6 at Del Mar. In Saturday's 1 1/2-mile turf test for older horses, ...
Claims brought in a Texas federal court to stop the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act from going forward were dismissed on March 31 by U. S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix. The lawsuit, filed by the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association and joined by affiliated HBPAs, sought to have the court enjoin enforcement of the Act as unconstitutional. The HBPAs argued that ...
76YO Eddie Barker’s dream of training his first Kentucky Derby starter has almost certainly been dashed. Barker told that Shipsational, the Derby prospect he longed for through a 28-year career as a conditioner, was withdrawn from consideration from Saturday’s $1 million Florida Derby because of inflammation in his right ankle. The problem was discovered Tuesday afternoon as the promising New ...
Attorneys for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission pushed back in a Tuesday court filing against Bob Baffert’s attempt to convince the Kentucky Court of Appeals to stay his 90-day suspension. The KHRC's response to Baffert’s request for relief, which he filed after a circuit court judge found he was not entitled to a stay, asked the appeals court to uphold the lower court's ruling. The KHRC ...
There’s no doubt that Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile and Pegasus World Cup winner Life Is Good is the standout, but he’s just one of a galaxy of stars lining up in the 26th running of the Dubai World Cup (sponsored by Emirates Airline). Six Group or Grade 1 winners line up in the $12 million contest, representing six different countries. With a five-from-six career record, Life Is Good possesses a ...
The Gr.1 Longines Sheema Classic is often billed as one of the best races in the world and the 2022 edition is no exception. Won in 2021 by Saudi Cup hero Mishriff, the 2410-meter contest has attracted seven Group or Grade 1 winners this time around. Japan went close in this race last year with second and third home, subsequent Gr.1 winner Chrono Genesis and Loves Only You, and this time they ...
A lot can happen in a month, especially in racing. For Portuguese-born jockey Ricardo Ferreira, the last four weeks have taken him on a tour of the Middle East, from riding in Riyadh, to making his debut at Meydan Racecourse. The journey is courtesy of 5YO Kaspar. A Group 2 winner in Germany, when he beat Dubai World Cup contender Grocer Jack, the chestnut has made a good start to life in Saudi ...
Bhupat Seemar is all bar confirmed as UAE Champion Trainer in his first season, but one thing that would top even that achievement would be a winner on the biggest night of all. Seemar, who took over the licence from his uncle Satish in November after years as his assistant, has an enviable squad for the big night, including Remorse who will take his chance in the $12-million Dubai World Cup, ...
