Two of Joseph's horses, Parents Pride (Maclean's Music) and Chasing Artie (We Miss Artie)–both owned by Ken Ramsey–had died at Churchill during Derby week from sudden-death events. A total of 12 horses had passed away over a five-week span at Churchill, prompting the Louisville track to move the remainder of the meet to Ellis Park less than a month after the Derby.

The statement from CDI appears below in full:

“Churchill Downs Incorporated (“CDI”) announced today that trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr. will be permitted to enter horses in races and may apply for stall occupancy at all CDI-owned racetracks effective immediately. The decision follows the completion of an investigation by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (“KHRC”) and the release of necropsy reports of two of Joseph's horses that died suddenly in races at Churchill Downs.”

“We remain deeply concerned about the condition of Parents Pride and Chasing Artie that led to their sudden death,” said Bill Mudd, President and Chief Operating Officer of CDI. “However, given the details available to us as a result of the KHRC investigation, there is no basis to continue Joseph's suspension.”

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Kentucky Derby hopeful Wild On Ice (Tapizar) suffered a fatal hind-end injury on April 27 after a work at Churchill and was later euthanized. Take Charge Briana (Curlin) broke down in the fifth race over the Churchill turf course Tuesday. While there would appear to be no connection between those two, it is the deaths of Parents Pride (Maclean's Music) and Chasing Artie (We Miss Artie), both owned by Ken Ramsey and trained by Saffie Joseph, that have drawn attention.

Parents Pride was the 2-1 second choice in the eighth race on opening day, April 29, when, according to the Equibase chart, he “went wrong between horses at the five sixteenths pole, was pulled up in upper stretch, and got vanned off.” Chasie Artie collapsed and died after finishing last as the 9-2 third choice in Tuesday's eighth race.

“Transparency is an important component of our commitment to safety and accountability in horse racing,” reads the statement. “We share the concern of our fans who have questions about the recent equine fatalities at Churchill Downs Racetrack and we extend our sincere condolences to those who love and cared for these horses.

“Since Opening Night of Kentucky Derby Week, two horses trained by Saffie Joseph Jr. have died suddenly of cause yet to be identified: Parents Pride on Saturday and Chasing Artie on Tuesday. Two other horses sustained musculoskeletal injuries from which they could not recover: Wild on Ice last Thursday while training on dirt and Take Charge Briana during a turf race on Tuesday. Wild on Ice was transported to Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital for care, but both were ultimately euthanized for humane reasons.

“While a series of events like this is highly unusual, it is completely unacceptable. We take this very seriously and acknowledge that these troubling incidents are alarming and must be addressed. We feel a tremendous responsibility to our fans, the participants in our sport and the entire industry to be a leader in safety and continue to make significant investments to eliminate risk to our athletes. We have full confidence in our racing surfaces and have been assured by our riders and horsemen that they do as well.”

Joseph had entered Accomplished Girl (Street Boss) in Wednesday's Mamzelle Overnight Stakes at Churchilll, but she was scratched from the race.

The trainer, who is scheduled to saddle Lord Miles (Curlin) in Saturday's Derby, along with six other horses on the card. He told Sports Illustrated's Pat Forde on Wednesday that he was considering scratching them as well while he waited for necropsy reports from the two who died.

“I don't know what we're going to do,” Joseph told SI. “I have to decide whether we're going to scratch them or not. I'm very uneasy right now.”

The Churchill statement continued, “Each horse was transported to the University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostics Lab for complete necropsies. We continue to press for answers and are working with regulators to conduct swift and thorough investigations. The safety and well-being of horses is a critical issue for which everyone in the industry shares responsibility; however, we will continue to take every measure to ensure that we are providing the safest possible environment for horses on our property.”

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Artie's Princess, Chasing Artie and Ramsey Solution are among 14 supplements–racing prospects, racing or stallion prospects and racing or broodmare prospects–consigned by Paramount Sales, agent, and scheduled to sell at the end of the Jan. 13 session.

Additional supplements to the January Sale are in-foal mares, racing or broodmare prospects, horses of racing age and a yearling. Covering sires are Constitution, Cupid, Mitole, Nyquist, Omaha Beach, Thousand Words and Vino Rosso.

These supplements include:

• Gauff (Ire), a 3-year-old filly by leading French sire Siyouni. She is consigned by Bluewater Sales, agent, and cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect.
• Lap of Luxury (Ire), a 9-year-old winning daughter of Galileo (Ire) who is a full sister to Group 2 winner Up (Ire). She is consigned by Eaton Sales, agent.
• On Deck, a 5-year-old daughter of First Samurai who was second in this year's GIII Chillingworth at Santa Anita. Cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect, On Deck is consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.
•        Reagan's Edge, a 4-year-old Grade II-placed daughter of Competitive Edge consigned by Denali Stud, agent. She is cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect.

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The Wesley Ward-trained gelding, dropped into a $15,000 maiden claimer to start the year, improved to 3-for-3 in turf sprints and notched his second stakes win in four months, using a ground-saving trip to score a neck victory in Sunday's $75,000 My Frenchman Stakes at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J.

Ridden by Albin Jimenez, who was filling in for injured scheduled rider Hector Diaz Jr., Chasing Artie sat off the flanks of the pace-setting Momos and then sped through an opening along the rail coming out of the turn in the 5½-furlong turf dash.

He surged past Momos and then held off three late-runners to record his third victory in six career starts. Momos held for second, a length ahead of Arzak.

The winning time was 1:03.87 over a turf course listed as yielding. There were no early fractions recorded because of the “about” distance with the rail set at 12 feet.

“It was a good surprise to pick up this mount,” said Jimenez. “I was at home and I got a call from my agent who said 'you're riding Wesley Ward's horse in the feature race.' I said 'great. Let's get the money.'

“I was in great position chasing the speed. Wesley told me to break and just sit there. He said if I could get outside and find a lane it would be better. But I got a beautiful trip on the rail and it opened up for me coming out of the turn.”

Sent off as the favorite in the field of seven 3-year-olds, Chasing Artie returned $4.60 to win. The son of We Miss Artie-Frisky Kitten by Kitten's Joy boosted his career earnings to $143,027 for owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey.

On April 2, he won the Palisades Turf Sprint at Keeneland. After racing just once at 2 and finishing seventh in a Maiden Special Weight race at Gulfstream, Ward dropped Chasing Artie into a $15,000 maiden claimer at Turfway to start his 2021 campaign. He finished second in that 6 ½-furlong race, beaten a neck. He has won three of four since then.

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On the heels of Friday victories by Three Chimneys Farm's Twenty Carat in the Beaumont (G3) and Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Chasing Artie in the Palisades Turf Sprint, Ward doubled up again Saturday with Ten Broeck Farm's Kimari in the Madison (G1) and his Bound for Nowhere in the Shakertown (G2).

“They are both fine this morning,” Ward said about his Saturday stakes winners, adding that neither would run in a stakes at Churchill Downs during Kentucky Derby Week in four weeks. “That is too quick.”

With his second victory in the Shakertown, Bound for Nowhere boosted his career earnings to $999,857. “But, when you add in his pounds and Euros from his races at Ascot, he's a millionaire,” Ward said.

In notching her first graded stakes victory, Kimari turned back the likes of Grade 1 winner Bell's the One, who finished in a dead heat for second in her 2021 debut.

“She's got a few nicks, but nothing we can't manage,” trainer Neil Pessin said of Bell's the One. “I still wouldn't trade horses with anyone.”

Next for Bell's the One figures to be a chance to repeat in the $500,000 Derby City Distaff (G1) Presented by Kendall-Jackson Winey to be run May 1 at Churchill.

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