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Reigning champion trainer Brad Cox will serve a 10 day suspension from May 23, 2022, through June 1, 2022 (inclusive), according to a ruling from the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission dated May 15, 2022. The KHRC issued the penalty, along with a $500 fine, due to a positive test for phenylbutazone (bute) in one of Cox's runners in June of 2021.

Industrial Laboratories testing revealed that Warrior's Charge, who ran second in the G2 Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs on June 26, 2021, had 2.51 micrograms per milliliter in blood plasma of bute after the race. The positive was confirmed by Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory. Warrior's Charge has been disqualified, and all purse money ordered redistributed.

During the course of his suspension, Cox may not enter horses and any of his trainees transferred to new trainers for racing must be approved by the KHRC.

Bute is a Class C positive in Kentucky. The NSAID is not to be administered within 48 hours prior to post time; post-race, a level above below a concentration of three-tenths (0.3) microgram per milliliter of serum or plasma does not constitute a violation.

For a first-time Class C violation within a 365-day period in any racing jurisdiction, the KHRC is permitted to issue a zero to ten day suspension, absent mitigating circumstances, and a $500 to $1,500 fine, also absent mitigating circumstances.

Cox's medication violation history includes the following, according to Thoroughbredrulings.com:

• 10/28/2020 – KHRC – phenylbutazone
• 3/5/2019 – LSRC – Dextromethorphan
• 3/5/2019 – LSRC – Dextromethorphan
• 3/2/2018 – LSRC – Acepromazine
• 1/25/2018 – LSRC  – Phenylbutazone
• 12/5/2014 – KHRC – Procaine Penicillin
• 7/27/2014 – NYSGC – Flunixin
• 9/17/2005 – IRGC – Nandrolone

Find the full ruling here.

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Convicted Feb. 2 on two counts of conspiring to violate adulteration and misbranding laws and the manufacture of performance-enhancing drugs administered to racehorses by corrupt trainers for money and fame, veterinarian Seth Fishman has filed for another delay of his sentencing, reports the Thoroughbred Daily News.

Fishman was originally scheduled to be sentenced on May 5, but a delay until May had already been granted as he was “allegedly having trouble filling out federal probation paperwork.”

According to the TDN, this second delay request suggests that a COVID outbreak in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where Fishman is being held, is behind the need for more time.

“Dr. Fishman's tier is currently in 'lockdown' status and, apparently, will remain in that position for the foreseeable future,” wrote attorney Maurice Sercarz.

The new date Fishman is requesting is in the range of June 20-24.

Nearly two years ago, New York U.S. Attorney Damian Williams' office charged Fishman, six other veterinarians, 11 trainers, and nine others, identified as PED distributors, with conspiring dope horses in New York, New Jersey, Florida, Ohio, Kentucky, and the United Arab Emirates.

The investigation began in 2018 and was headed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and criminal investigators with the Food and Drug Administration.

Read more at the Thoroughbred Daily News.

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David Jerkens, Del Mar's racing secretary, has announced that his initial condition book for the 2022 summer racing season at the seaside oval will go online Tuesday (5/17) afternoon.

The book will cover the first three weeks of the eight-week session, which opens on Friday, July 22 and runs through to Sunday, September 11.

The book can be accessed by going to dmtc.com/horsemen/condition-book. There will be two more condition books to follow over the course of the summer.

Following a pair of robust wagering years, Del Mar will be offering record purses this summer – in fact the highest for a meet in the history of California racing. The 31-day stand will present more than $25 million in purses, averaging out at an unprecedented $800,000 per day.

Further, 21 of the track's major stakes have been boosted sharply and all of its overnight purses have been raised by a blended rate of 15 percent.

Opening week at the track will be Friday through Sunday, then racing will be conducted on a Thursday through Sunday basis for the majority of the session.

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The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) commends the decision announced by the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Labor (DOL) to make an additional 35,000 H-2B vias available for the second half of FY-2022.

“We thank DHS, DOL, and the Administration for recognizing the critical need for additional H-2B visas to fill positions not being filled by US workers,” said NTRA President & CEO Tom Rooney. “This announcement will help provide immediate relief for tracks and horse trainers going into the summer racing season. While the release of additional H-2B visas is good news for the industry, the NTRA will continue to advocate for more comprehensive immigration reform in the future.”

The supplemental H-2B visa allocation is for U.S. employers seeking to employ additional workers on or after April 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022. This announcement makes 23,500 visas available to returning workers who received an H-2B visa or were otherwise granted H-2B status during one of the last three fiscal years.

The remaining 11,500 visas are reserved for nationals of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Haiti, regardless of whether they are returning workers.

The semiannual cap of 33,000 visas for the second half of FY 2022 was reached on Feb. 25, 2022. Employers can begin petitioning on Wednesday, May 18. More information can be found here.

The H-2B visa guest worker program is a nonimmigrant visa program used by many industries that need temporary non-agricultural help when domestic workers are unavailable. For the horse racing industry, trainers rely heavily on the H-2B program to fill various backside positions.

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