Trainer Wesley Ward has filed a new motion in Jessamine County circuit court requesting that a judge allow the sale of 14 of Ken and Sarah Ramsey's horses to put toward unpaid training bills, reports bloodhorse.com. The legal dispute traces back to March of this year, when both Ward and trainer Mike Maker filed civil suits against the Ramseys for nearly $2 million in unpaid bills.
At that time, Ward also acquired agister's liens against Ramsey's horses, essentially giving him ownership of the horses for one year.
Ward and Ramsey had previously agreed to an arrangement in which Ramsey was to pay $100,000 per month until the debt was paid off, but the motion alleges that Ramsey only made one payment. Ward also alleges he told Ramsey he could race the horses and use any earnings toward that debt, but that Ramsey declined.
The 14 horses have continued to incur care costs of $1,500 per day.
“Rather than pay his debt to Ward Enterprises and take possession of his horses, Ramsey has instead chosen to publicly make false assertions against Ward Enterprises in a misguided attempt to trump up claims against Ward Enterprises,” the Dec. 1 motion states.
The new motion requests that the court require all 14 horses to be sold during the Keeneland January sale.
Read more at bloodhorse.com.
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