Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. has received permission to race again at New York Racing Association tracks and has nominated a horse to the $150,000 Wild Applause next Saturday at Belmont, Daily Racing Form reports.
Additionally, Joseph has been granted 23 stalls for the Saratoga meet, which starts July 13.
Following the sudden deaths of two of his horses—Parents Pride and Chasing Artie—at Churchill Downs during the first two days of the track's spring meet, Joseph was ban from racing and stabling at the Louisville track and the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission ordered his entries scratched, including Wood Memorial (G2) winner Lord Miles from the Kentucky Derby (G1), pending an investigation.
While Joseph was never officially prohibited from racing at NYRA tracks, he and NYRA officials agreed he would not race at Belmont until information came to light on two horse deaths at Churchill Downs. Joseph subsequently lost runners to other trainers, including Grade 1 winner White Abarrio, who was transferred to Rick Dutrow.
Earlier this month, the Kentucky commission reported the necropsy performed on Parents Pride was inconclusive and that no prohibited substances were detected. Results on the other horse, Chasing Artie, have yet to be released.
“As a result of productive discussions that have taken place between NYRA and Saffie Joseph Jr., we have reached a point where NYRA is comfortable allowing him to both train and race at NYRA tracks,” NYRA spokesman Pat McKenna told the Form on Saturday.
Joseph's nominee to the Wild Applause for 3-year-old fillies on turf is Michael J. Gibson's Irish-bred Violet Gibson, who in her most recent outing was third in the Honey Ryder Stakes May 6 at Gulfstream Park.
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