Jockey Club Group Chief Executive Delia Bushell, who was appointed to her post last July, has resigned from The Jockey Club, Sporting Life reported on Sunday afternoon. A review found evidence to support allegations of bullying co-workers and racist comments. A report was submitted by an independent barrister to the sub-committee of the board last week. In her place, The Jockey Club has appointed Nevin Truesdale the acting group chief executive.
“The board of The Jockey Club announces today that Delia Bushell is to stand down as group chief executive with immediate effect,” The Jockey Club said in a statement to the PA news agency. “This follows the completion of an independent review into a wide range of allegations about her conduct, which the board concluded made it untenable for her to continue in the role.
“As part of this review, an independent barrister interviewed 19 witnesses including Delia. He submitted a detailed report to a sub-committee of the board comprising Dido Harding, Julia Budd and Justin Dowley on Sunday 23 Aug. in which he concluded that there was evidence to support a number of the allegations of misconduct including bullying behaviour towards colleagues, inappropriate racist comments and sharing offensive materials.
“The sub-committee of the board agreed with his conclusion and decided that there was a basis for disciplinary action against Delia including on the grounds of gross misconduct. This recommendation was accepted by the full board of The Jockey Club.”
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5th-Saratoga, $72,000, Msw, 8-30, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f (off turf), 1:04.07, ft.
RED GHOST (f, 2, Ghostzapper–Better Than Most, by Elusive Quality) took all the tote attention at 6-5 in this off the turfer, and soon showed why. Breaking on top in typical Wesley Ward trainee fashion, she doled out splits of 21.70 and :45.08 and never looked back as she ran up the score to 8 1/2 lengths in the lane. Fort Drum (Declaration of War), a $5,500 yearling who drew in off the also-eligible list, belied 68-1 odds to crash the exacta. The winner is half to W V Jetsetter (Jet Phone), MSW & MGSP, $188,354; More Than Most (Indygo Mountain), MSW, $272,464; and Worldventurer (Wimbledon), MSW, $270,508. She has a yearling half-sister by Union Rags and a foal half-sister by Uncle Mo. Her second dam is a GSW and MGISP full-sister to Horse of the Year Alysheba. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $39,600. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O/B-Douglas Scharbauer (KY); T-Wesley A. Ward.
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Spendthrift Farm, MyRaceHorse Stable, Madaket Stables and Starlight Racing’s Authentic (Into Mischief) completed his final work ahead of Saturday’s GI Kentucky Derby, covering six furlongs in 1:12.40 (1/9) at Del Mar Sunday morning.
“Authentic is really doing well. I see him turning the corner,” trainer Bob Baffert said. “Both of my horses [Authentic and Thousand Words], I think they’re live. We just need some luck, you never know what is going to happen with that many horses in there.”
Authentic, second behind Honor A.P. (Honor Code) in the June 6 GI Runhappy Santa Anita Derby, is coming off a narrow victory in the July 18 GI TVG.com Haskell S. at Monmouth Park. He is scheduled to arrive at Churchill Downs Monday on a flight from Southern California.
Jim Bakke and Gerald Isbister’s Attachment Rate (Hard Spun) tuned up for the Derby with a five-furlong work in 1:01.20 (17/47) at Churchill Downs Sunday. The chestnut colt is coming off a runner-up effort behind Art Collector (Bernardini) in the Aug. 9 Runhappy Ellis Park Derby.
“I thought his race at Ellis made him worthy of trying the Derby,” trainer Dale Romans said. “This was his second work back from that race and we wanted to put a nice five-eighths move in him. He ran well over the winter in both the Gotham and the Unbridled. He hung in there pretty well to finish second behind Art Collector at Ellis.”
Attachment Rate was third in the Mar. 7 GIII Gotham S. and second in the Unbrided S. at Gulfstream Park Apr. 25. He was fourth in the May 23 GIII Matt Winn S. and fifth in the July 11 GII Toyota Blue Grass S.
Jim and Donna Daniell’s Rushie (Liam’s Map) will skip the Derby in favor of Saturday’s GII Pat Day Mile, while trainer Todd Pletcher confirmed Sunday that Bob LaPenta and Bortolazzo Stable’s Money Moves (Candy Ride {Arg}) will start in the Run for the Roses. The bay colt opened his career with a pair of wins at Gulfstream Park this past spring and missed by just a neck when stretched to nine furlongs in a Saratoga optional claimer July 25. He worked five furlongs at Saratoga Friday in 1:00.14 (10/17).
“The horse ran well last time and he’s been training sharply,” Pletcher said. “I felt like this is an opportunity that you don’t get very often, so we’re taking a shot.”
The expected field for the Derby is: Tiz the Law (Constitution); Authentic; Art Collector; Honor A. P.; Ny Traffic (Cross Traffic); King Guillermo (Uncle Mo); Thousand Words (Pioneerof the Nile); Max Player (Honor Code); Enforceable (Tapit); Major Fed (Ghostzapper); Storm the Court (Court Vision); Attachment Rate; Sole Volante (Karakontie {Jpn}); Finnick the Fierce (Dialed In); Winning Impression (Paynter); Necker Island (Hard Spun); Money Moves (Candy Ride {Arg}).
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