Monday's The Front Runner published at racingpost.com posed an interesting question to the British Horseracing Authority. Following his success in Saturday's Dubai World Cup with Country Grammer, and considering his pending 90-day suspension and subsequent court battle, should “controversial” trainer Bob Baffert be allowed to have runners in Britain, should he so desire?
“The BHA are signatories to the IFHA International Agreement,” a spokesperson told The Front Runner, “and in that respect apply the reciprocation framework as set out within that agreement. Any case, whether it's Bob Baffert or anyone else, would be considered on its own set of circumstances within that reciprocation framework.
“If a sanction has or has not been imposed, is just one aspect of whether entries from a particular trainer or ownership group may be considered. There may be other factors, but that's relevant to the individual circumstances of the matter at hand.”
The answer, surmised the author of The Front Runner, appears to be: “we'll make that decision if we have to, when we have to, based on the circumstances that prevail at the time.”
Read more at racingpost.com.
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