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The Friday Show Presented By Monmouth Park: Tinker With The Triple Crown?

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

That seems to be the prevailing attitude toward American horse racing's Triple Crown whenever agents of change suggest tinkering with the timing or distances of the trio of 3-year-old classics.

In an era when trainers are looking for a minimum of four to five weeks between races, is a Triple Crown that has three races over five weeks going to get the best, most competitive fields? No horses this year ran in all three races and it has become almost standard operating procedure for horses who lose the Derby to skip the Preakness. In other words, while many think the Triple Crown ain't broke, there are those who believe it ain't what it used to be, either.

In this week's edition of the Friday Show, publisher Ray Paulick and bloodstock editor Joe Nevills are joined by Jennifer Kelly to discuss possible changes to the Triple Crown. Kelly, in addition to having just joined the Paulick Report team as weekend editor, is the author of “Sir Barton And The Making Of The Triple Crown,” a biography of the first horse to sweep the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes. She's currently working on a second Triple Crown book focusing on Gallant Fox and Omaha.

Nevills and Paulick also unveil the Star of the Week, brought to you by Woodbine, which gets its 2021 meet under way on Saturday.

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The Friday Show Presented By Monmouth Park: Lawyering Up

Attorney Bob Heleringer authored the book, Equine Regulatory Law, so there may be no one better to help us understand the legal questions surrounding the potential drug disqualification of this year's Kentucky Derby winner, Medina Spirit, and the two-year suspension of trainer Bob Baffert handed down on Wednesday by Churchill Downs.

What legal standing does Churchill Downs have to banish Baffert, since it is not a regulatory agency? What are the Hall of Fame trainer's options and how have the courts ruled on similar actions by track owners? What happens next with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, now that a test of the split sample from Medina Spirit confirmed the initial finding of the corticosteroid betamethasone in a post-race sample?

eleringer – a native of Louisville who in addition to his law practice served 11 terms in the Kentucky House of Representatives – joins publisher Ray Paulick and editor-in-chief Natalie Voss in this week's edition of the Friday Show to answer those questions and more.

He also offers some historical perspective on a previous case that led to the drug disqualification of Dancer's Image from his 1968 Kentucky Derby victory.

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The Friday Show Presented By Uptowncharlybrown Stud: FAQs From Readers

Google Analytics confirms something we already knew. May has been a very busy month for horse racing news. With a few days remaining until we turn the calendar page, the Paulick Report has had over 600,000 unique visitors and 1.1 million user sessions since May 1.

Many of those readers have questions.

Such as … “Why haven't you reported on the status of the split sample from Medina Spirit's post-race test from the Kentucky Derby?” “Why isn't everyone doing hair testing? And our all-time favorite: “Why do you only report negative news?”

Paulick Report editor-in-chief Natalie Voss and publisher Ray Paulick run through some of the most frequently asked questions about how and why we report what we do (and sometimes what we don't or can't).

Joe Nevills then joins Paulick to talk about the Wisconsin connections behind our Star of the Week.

Watch this week's show, presented by Uptowncharlybrown Stud, below:

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The Friday Show Presented By Uptowncharlybrown Stud: Florida’s Gambling Gold Rush

Joe Nevills is going to miss his annual visits to Dania Jai Alai in South Florida. Ray Paulick will soon be longing for the majesty and bucolic beauty of “racing” at Oxford Downs south of Ocala. And the Seminole Tribe of Florida will be making money hand over fist like there's no tomorrow.

In this week's edition of the Friday Show, bloodstock editor Nevills and publisher Paulick discuss the new landscape for racing and gaming in Florida following the state legislature's approval of three bills that strengthen the Seminole tribe's grip over sports and casino gambling and allow non-Thoroughbred pari-mutuel businesses to keep their casinos or card rooms open while ending racing or jai alai operations. The net result puts Gulfstream Park and Florida horsemen in a more challenging position than ever before, especially if purse subsidies from the Calder Casino end in the coming months.

By contrast, the story that accompanies the Star of the Week is a welcome respite from the stormy waters the sport has navigated since revelations about the Kentucky Derby winner's failed drug test.

Watch this week's show, presented by Uptowncharlybrown Stud, below:

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