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A horse trained by Richard Dutrow, Jr., Salute the Count, that raced at Churchill Downs the day before Big Brown won the Kentucky Derby tested positive for twice the allowable level of the drug clenbuterol, a bronchodilator that helps burn fat and promote muscle growth, the New York Times reported Wednesday.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Authority (KHRA) will issue the ruling Wednesday, suspend horse trainer Richard Dutrow, Jr. for 15 days and demand the horse’s owner to return the $20,000 in purse earnings, racing officials told the newspaper.
Richard Dutrow, Jr. has 10 days to appeal the penalty, which trainers often do to delay serving the suspension. However, John Veitch, the chief state steward for the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority, said that Dutrow waived his right to a formal hearing, and more or less accepted responsibility.
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After Horse of the Year Curlin’s 4 1/4 length victory in the Stephen Foster Handicap, horse trainer Steve Asmussen says he’s planning to work Curlin on turf while considering a trip to Paris for a bid in France’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I), Europe’s greatest race for older horses.
“We’ve talked about it since last year, since the (Breeders’ Cup) Classic and he (Jess Jackson, owner of Stonestreet Stable) put him back in training,” said horse trainer Steve Asmussen.
Curlin, who has a record of 9-1-2 in 12 career starts, will work on the Churchill Downs turf course and be pointed to a turf race in the United States in July. Among the possibilities are the $500,000 Man O’ War (gr. I) at 1 3/8 miles at Belmont Park and the $200,000 Arlington Handicap (gr. III) at 1 1/4 miles at Arlington Park., both on July 12.
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Big Brown’s trainer, Richard Dutrow, Jr., is scheduled to testify next week at a Congressional hearing examining safety issues in thoroughbred horse racing.
Richard Dutrow, Jr. was on the witness list released Wednesday for the June 19 hearing to be held by the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. The hearing is titled “Breeding, Drugs, and Breakdowns: The State of Thoroughbred Horseracing and the Welfare of the Thoroughbred Racehorse.”
Subcommittee chairman Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., and ranking Republican Ed Whitfield of Kentucky recently announced plans for the hearing. They expressed concern about the sport after Eight Belles broke down last month at the Kentucky Derby and was euthanized on the track of Churchill Downs.
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Big Brown’s trainer, Richard Dutrow, Jr., believes that jockey Kent Desormeaux’s ride in the 2008 Belmont Stakes last Saturday, June 7, at Belmont Park cost Big Brown the Triple Crown.
Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown was eased in the final quarter-mile of the Belmont Stakes by jockey Kent Desormeaux and failed to finish the race.
If Big Brown is healthy, the plan is for him to run next in the Travers Stakes on August 23 at Saratoga. where horse racing fans might see a rematch between 2008 Belmont Stakes winner Da’ Tara and Big Brown.
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Big Brown trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. says he feels “like a loser” after Big Brown’s last-place finish in the Belmont Stakes, and he was still searching for answers Monday about what went wrong.
Big Brown became the first horse seeking the Triple Crown to finish last in 140 years of running the 1 1/2 -mile Belmont Stakes.
“I feel like a loser right now and I don’t know why,” horse trainer Richard Dutrow, Jr. told the Daily Racing Form on Monday. “Usually when I get beat I can handle it the right way, and I’ve handled this the right way, but I just feel like something’s not right.”
Dutrow said that unless Big Brown shows signs of a physical problem, the colt will be pointed to the Travers Stakes on August 23 at Saratoga and then the Breeders’ Cup Classic in October at Santa Anita Park.
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Horse trainer Richard Dutrow, Jr. has plans for Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown racing beyond the Belmont Stakes, even though there is speculation the unbeaten colt will be retired following his attempt to become the first Triple Crown champion in 30 years.
“No one told me that,” Dutrow said when Big Brown first arrived at Belmont Park earlier in the week, adding a few days later, “our plan is the Belmont, Travers and Breeders’ Cup. We are going to show up if our horse is good and ready.”
Dutrow has been consistent in his comments since Big Brown won the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, a day in which majority owners IEAH Stables sold breeding rights to Three Chimneys Farm in Kentucky for reportedly more than $50 million.
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Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown’s trainer Richard Dutrow, Jr. had some words for Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado during the Preakness.
Asked on Wednesday to elaborate on comments made after Big Brown’s win Saturday, horse trainer Richard Dutrow suggested that jockey Edgar Prado, on long shot Riley Tucker, needlessly tried to block Big Brown, who heads into the Belmont Stakes with a shot at the Triple Crown.
Jockey Edgar Prado claims he did nothing inappropriate.
“It looked like he was just trying to keep our horse in the box,” horse trainer Richard Dutrow said. “It didn’t look like he was out to get the best finish out of his horse.”
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Jockey Edgar Prado, who rode Barbaro to victory in the 2006 Kentucky Derby, and horse trainer Carl Nafzger were elected to the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame on Monday.
Also elected were jockey Ismael “Milo” Valenzuela and horses Inside Information, Manila and Ancient Title.
Forty-year-old Edgar Prado led the nation in victories in consecutive years from 1997-97. In 2006, he guided the late Barbaro to a win in the Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs on his way to winning the Eclipse Award as the nation’s top jockey.
Horse trainer Carl Nafzger, 67, has conditioned champions such as Unbridled, Banshee Breeze and Street Sense, last year’s Kentucky Derby winner, during his career.
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Dubai World Cup winner and North America’s 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin will have a well-deserved rest before returning to the track for the second part of the year.
Horse trainer Steve Asmussen reported Curlin to be full of energy after his winning effort and said Curlin would be sent to New York on April 2 to clear quarantine at Belmont Park.
On April 6, the 4-year-old son of Smart Strike, Curlin, will be shipped to Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky, where he eventually will resume light training on the Polytrack surface.
Curlin, unraced as a 2-year-old, had an impressive campaign as a 3-year-old. He won the Preakness Stakes and placed in the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. He also won the Arkansas Derby, Jockey Club Gold Cup and Breeders’ Cup Classic en route to winning the Horse of the Year and top 3-year-old male honors.
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A dozen to be the 2008 finalists for election to the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame. The 12 finalists consisting of 7 horses, 3 jockeys, and 2 trainers were determined by a vote of the Hall of Fame Nominating Committee.
Hall of Fame Finalists for Trainers
To be eligible, trainers must be licensed and actively involved with Thoroughbreds for 25 years or have been retired for a minimum of five years. The finalists for Hall of Fame trainers are:
Carl Nafzger, 66, has trained two Kentucky Derby winners, Unbridled in 1990, and Street Sense in 2007. Both were division champions, as was Banshee Breeze, the outstanding 3-year-old filly of 1998. Unbridled also won the Breeders’ Cup Classic in 1990 and Street Sense was the first winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile to win the Kentucky Derby. Through the end of 2007, Carl Nafzger had 1,068 victories from 8,041 mounts, purse earnings of $50,203,640 and 68 graded stakes victories.
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