Richard Dutrow Jr. receives Kentucky trainer's license
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Richard Dutrow Jr., who recently returned to training after a 10-year suspension, was granted a Kentucky trainer’s license by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Tuesday, according to multiple reports.
Dutrow, a leading trainer when his license was suspended in 2011 by New York regulators for “conduct detrimental to racing,” last appeared before the Kentucky racing commission in 2020, when he attempted to gain a license despite still serving the 10-year suspension. He withdrew the application before the commission’s license review committee had a chance to vote on it.
Dutrow, 63, received a license from the New York Gaming Commission in February. Since then, he has started six horses, with one win, one second, and one third. Recently, White Abarrio, a top-class horse, was transferred to his barn after his previous trainer, Florida-based Saffie Joseph Jr., received a ban from Churchill Downs. The New York Racing Association also has indicated that it might now allow Joseph to run horses at its tracks while the ban is in place.
According to reports, Dutrow told the Kentucky license review committee that he currently has 23 horses at his Belmont Park barn and that prospective clients have horses on farms that are expected to be transferred into his care.
Dutrow also told the committee that he has applied for a license from two commissions, in New York and Kentucky.
New York regulators handed down the 10-year suspension in 2011, but Dutrow appealed the decision for two years. The suspension went into effect in 2013.
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