Coach Saffie Joseph Jr. has received permission from the New York Racing Association to enter and race at its tracks and to hold booths at the upcoming race Racecourse Saratoga meet.
As first reported by Daily Racing Form, Joseph plans to run Violet Gibson in Wild Applause Shares on June 24 at Belmont Park and were allocated 23 booths in Saratoga. A statement from the NYRA vice president of communications, Pat McKenna, noted that the authorization to host the race was made “following consistent and productive dialogue between Saffie Joseph Jr. and the NYRA.”
Churchill Downs Inc. announced on 4 May the indefinite suspension of Joseph following the sudden deaths of two horses he had trained, Parent Pride and Chasing Artie, at Churchill Downs during the first race week of the meeting. remove spring. After the two deaths and shortly before the CDI action, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission announced that the remaining trainer entries for that week would be up for scratch, including the Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) winner. Lord Miles from May 6 Kentucky Derby (G1).
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“The NYRA will adjust accordingly if the investigation in Kentucky reveals any misconduct,” McKenna concluded in the NYRA’s statement.
A KHRC autopsy report on Parent Pride posted on the commission’s website did not list a cause of death but indicated that there were no illegal substances in her system. A report on Chasing Artie has not been published online.
