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The Friday Show Presented By Monmouth Park: Rules In Racing That Don’t Rule

Here at the Paulick Report, we cover a lot of regulatory topics, and what usually grinds our gears is inaction – rules that should be in place, but aren't, and their consequences.

On this week's episode of The Friday Show, we're going in the opposite direction, and looking at some rules that are in place, or about to be in place, that just don't work.

Bloodstock editor Joe Nevills is joined by editor-in-chief Natalie Voss and News Editor Chelsea Hackbarth to discuss some rules in horse racing that miss the mark.

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The Friday Show Presented By Monmouth Park: Is It Time To Change Triple Crown Schedule?

Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher has run 62 horses in the Kentucky Derby, but only four of those runners have competed two weeks later in the Triple Crown's second leg, the Preakness Stakes, which will be conducted at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md., for the 147th time on Saturday. Two of those who competed in both races were Kentucky Derby winners Super Saver and Always Dreaming.

Only three of the 20 starters in this year's Derby will contest the Preakness, and most notable of the absentees is Rich Strike, who won the roses in an 80-1 upset but will bypass the second leg of the Triple Crown to train up to the Belmont Stakes on June 11.

With so few horses in this era running in all of the Triple Crown races, rivalries like Affirmed and Alydar, Sunday Silence and Easy Goer, and Real Quiet and Victory Gallop are unlikely to materialize. Rivalries in sports are a good thing.

In this week's edition of the Friday Show, publisher Ray Paulick and bloodstock editor Joe Nevills debate the pluses and minuses of making changes to the current scheduling of the three classic races over a five-week period when so many trainers are spacing races a month or more apart.

Is it time to change the Triple Crown schedule?

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The Friday Show Presented By Monmouth Park: Kaymarie Kreidel Explains Role Of The Outrider

Kaymarie Kreidel, a former jockey who now serves as an outrider at Maryland Jockey Club tracks, was in the spotlight at the Preakness Stakes in 2019 when Bodexpress threw his jockey at the start and ran riderless around the racetrack. Kreidel snagged Bodexpress before he could do any harm to himself or others.

In this week's Friday Show in an interview recorded before Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike was taken out of consideration for the Preakness, Kreidel spoke with Ray Paulick and news editor Chelsea Hackbarth (who herself has worked as an outrider) about the role of the outrider, the kind of horses she looks for to partner with, the training that goes into transitioning the horses to the job, and the challenges and dangers that come with the profession.

Kreidel defended Churchill Downs outrider Greg Blasi for his actions as the Derby winner was pulled up and became extremely aggressive, putting Blasi and Rich Strike in a dangerous position that he diffused without either getting seriously injured.

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The Friday Show: Answering Your Questions About Medina Spirit’s Kentucky Derby DQ

If the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission's ruling to disqualify Medina Spirit from the Kentucky Derby and serve trainer Bob Baffert a fine and 90-day suspension left you with questions, don't worry. You're not alone.

We have received a pile of questions from readers about the ruling since it was announced on Monday, inquiring about the procedure from practically every angle. It's a complicated subject from a legal, veterinary, administrative, and racing standpoint, and it can be difficult to follow, even if you're well-established within the horse racing industry.

On this episode of The Friday Show, bloodstock editor Joe Nevills and editor-in-chief Natalie Voss compiled reader questions, along with some of their own, to help better understand what can be a tangled situation.

We invited attorney Bob Heleringer, author of the book “Equine Regulatory Law,” to help us sort out what we've seen so far during Baffert's regulatory and court battles in Kentucky, New York, and elsewhere, where we stand today, and where things might go from here.

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