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Trainer Wesley Ward has been suspended 15 days and fined $2,000 over a positive test on July 15, 2022, at Monmouth Park.
Horse hasn't raced on the surface before.
No one in racing could possibly be oblivious to the crisis racing finds itself in. Racing is picking up steam as it rolls down the same track as the circus, yet those involved at the regulatory level seem to lack any sense of urgency. One would think the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) would lead the nation for its exemplary regulation, but instead it leads the nation in its complacency.
Corniche won the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile by 1 3/4 lengths at Del Mar on Friday, stamping the colt as the early favorite for next year's Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, where his trainer, Bob Baffert, has been banned.
Corniche scored a 1 3/4-length win in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and will be an early favorite for next year's Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, where his trainer, Bob Baffert, has been banned.