Dutrow penalty seems excessive in overall context
Having known the Dutrow family (parents Dickie and Vicky) since 1977, and Rick and his brothers Tony and Chip since 1985, I feel compelled to comment on the severe punishment meted out to him by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board ("Dutrow banned 10 years," Oct. 14).
The Massachusetts Senate on Thursday approved a bill allowing for three casinos and one slots parlor in the state, setting the stage for Suffolk Downs to bid on a license reserved for the Boston area.
The Senate bill, which was approved by a vote of 24-14, is similar to a bill that passed overwhelmingly in the House in September, aside from some minor differences that are expected to be ironed out in conference before being sent to Gov. Deval Patrick, who supports the legislation.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Jockey Club has committed $100,000 to a new pilot program it is launching to help raise the profile and value of ex-racehorses competing in the show world. The program, called the Thoroughbred Incentive Program, will sponsor Thoroughbred classes and high-point awards at locally, nationally, or internationally sanctioned horse shows in 2012.
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Several owners and trainers of Breeders' Cup horses have pledged a percentage of their purse earnings to the New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program.
Owners Mike Repole, Rick Shanley, and West Point Thoroughbreds have committed pledges to the retirement and retraining program, as have trainers Todd Pletcher, Kiaran McLaughlin, Nick Zito, and Eddie Plesa.
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The dark gray clouds that hung above Aqueduct Thursday morning were an appropriate backdrop as trainer Richard Dutrow Jr., standing along the outside rail, watched a set of horses gallop by following their training sessions.
It was the morning after the New York State Racing and Wagering Board voted to revoke his trainer’s license for a minimum of 10 years and Dutrow – with training chart in hand and cell phone pressed against his ear – was attempting to go about business as usual.
“I’m trying to. It’s not easy, but I’m trying to,” Dutrow said.
A.U. Miner, the long-distance specialist who was fourth in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Marathon, has been disqualified from first in the July 16 Greenwood Cup at Parx Racing in Philadelphia because of a positive postrace finding of a corticosteroid, according to the horse’s trainer.
The third-winningest trainer of all time, with 6,327 victories, his Ben’s Cat could go in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint after winning the Maryland Million Turf Sprint for the second straight year.
Birthdate: March 26, 1933, in Shady Side, Md.
Family: wife, Linda; twin sons, Taylor and Todd
