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MGSW Lady Apple Retired, Booked to Quality Road

Lady Apple (Curlin-Miss Mary Apples, by Clever Trick), third in the 2019 GI Kentucky Oaks, has been retired and will be bred to Grade I sire Quality Road, owner Phoenix Thoroughbred announced on Monday. A four-time Grade III winner-in the 2019 Fantasy S., Iowa Oaks, Remington Park Oaks-and in the 2020 Houston Ladies Classic, the bay was trained by Steve Asmussen for the majority of her career.

Bred by KatieRich Farms in Kentucky, the 5-year-old was a debut second at Keeneland in April of 2018 for trainer Mark Hubley after RNAing for $100,000 during the 2017 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Phoenix bought into the mare afterward and raced her with KatieRich in all of her starts barring her final two. They bought out KatieRich when going to $1.2 million during the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Mixed Sale last autumn. Lady Apple was third in December's Joseph E. Spanky Broussard Memorial S. at Fair Grounds and in Sunday's GIII Houston Ladies Classic S. in her final two starts and retires with a mark of 19-6-2-4 and $1,078,324 in earnings.

“She has been a fantastic race mare for us and she'll be an excellent addition to our breeding operation,” Phoenix Thoroughbreds CEO Amer Abdulaziz said in a statement. “She has a top-class pedigree with a race record to match while the cross with Quality Road looks very exciting.”

A daughter of GII Schuylerville S. bridesmaid Miss Mary Apples, Lady Apple is a half-sister to SW and GII Hendrie S. second Dr. Diamonds Prize (Pure Prize) and MSW Miss Red Delicious (Empire Maker). The latter has already thrown GIII Soaring Softly S. heroine Nootka Sound (Lonhro {Aus}); while yet another half-sister has produced GI Maker's Mark Mile runner-up Parlor (Lonhro {Aus}). GI Futurity S. winner Senor Pete (Green Dancer) is also under the fourth dam.

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Phoenix Not Permitted to Race in UAE

Phoenix Thoroughbreds and Phoenix Ladies Syndicate have been barred from racing in Dubai, the Racing Post reported on Thursday. Phoenix, which is already prevented from racing in the UK and France, does not have any runners in Dubai yet and last raced in the UAE in 2020. In November of 2019, Phoenix's founder, Amer Abdulaziz Salman was named in an alleged money laundering and fraud scandal in New York in connection to the crypto currency Ponzi scheme OneCoin. Phoenix denies all claims.

“We have the horses in the stable but we're not able to run them,” trainer Satish Seemar, who trains for Phoenix in Dubai, told Racing Post.

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BHA Suspends Phoenix Thoroughbreds On Financial Grounds

The Racing Post reported Thursday that Phoenix Thoroughbreds has been suspended from racing in Britain. The British Horseracing Authority told the Post the group's racing accounts were frozen and the decision was made on the basis of finances rather than suitability.

Despite a declaration last month that it would no longer race in Great Britain, Phoenix did still have runners in the country, including Deja and Frankenstella running at York since the announcement. Runners for either Phoenix Thoroughbreds or Phoenix Ladies are not permitted “until further notice.”

French racing authorities have banned the ownership groups from racing in that country, and Australian racing authorities have launched investigations into Phoenix after the name of the group and its founder, Amer Abudlaziz Salman were implicated in connection with a cryptocurrency scam. Abdulaziz has denied allegations that he served as a money launderer for OneCoin.

The BHA released the following statement about the decision:

“Following Phoenix Thoroughbreds' recent decision to leave UK racing, the BHA can today confirm that effective as of Monday, September 7, Phoenix Thoroughbreds are no longer able to have runners in races in Great Britain until further notice. Any horse currently entered will not be permitted to be declared in its current ownership.

“The racing administration accounts of all registered ownership entities that involve Phoenix Thoroughbreds have been suspended.

“Whilst the BHA can confirm that they are in regular correspondence with Phoenix Thoroughbreds, having reviewed the information available to date, the BHA has taken the decision to suspend the relevant accounts meaning Phoenix Thoroughbreds are unable to make entries until further notice.”

Phoenix Thoroughbreds Barred From Racing in UK

Effective Monday, Sept. 7, Phoenix Thoroughbreds cannot have runners in races in Great Britain until further notice, the British Horseracing Authority announced on Thursday. Phoenix had earlier in August made the decision to leave UK racing and was reportedly banned from racing in France a few days later. Any horse currently entered will not be permitted to be declared in its current ownership. All racing administration accounts of all registered ownership entities that involve Phoenix Thoroughbreds have been suspended. The BHA is in regular correspondence with Phoenix Thoroughbreds, and after reviewing the information available to date, the BHA decided on the suspension of Phoenix entries.

Last November, Phoenix principal Amer Abdulaziz was named in a U.S. federal court trial as being involved in a money-laundering operation. Abdulaziz was also alleged to have stolen money from sham cryptocurrency OneCoin. Phoenix’s U.S. Head of Operations Tom Ludt left the company in August.

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