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The jealousies, rivalries and politics which plague racing s inner sanctum 15 January 2021 • 5:10pm Bryony Frost with father and trainer Jimmy Credit: Getty Images Jockeys took their cues from Las Vegas this week as the sport closed ranks on the Bryony Frost furore. What happens in the weighing room stays in the weighing room was Robbie Dunne s reaction to the King George winner mysteriously calling in the regulator over her treatment by him and others. Fear and Loathing from Rhys Flint, too, as the jockey-turned-iron man suggested it was bad form to whistleblow to the BHA. Frost had complained after Dunne apparently holding her partly to blame for the death of Cillian’s Well mid-race at Southwell last September. In all sport you will have your disagreements, was Flint s buy the ticket, take the ride, verdict. Say what you have to say, take it on the chin, move forward. ....
Sponsored by: Owner Danny Caldwell of Poteau, Okla. celebrates his 1,000th career Thoroughbred victory. Remington Park s all-time winningest owner, Danny Caldwell of Poteau, Okla., hit all kinds of milestones on Monday evening, including clinching at least a tie for top owner of the meet. He was extremely close to clinching the owner title for himself, needing one more win to eliminate Steve Asmussen going into the ninth race. Caldwell s horse Hansens Mischief crossed the finish line first but was disqualified for bumping the runner-up Euromantic in the stretch. Now, Asmussen at 24 wins, must win with all three of his starters on closing day Tuesday, and Caldwell would have to lose with all five of his entrants for there to be a tie. If one Asmussen-owned horse loses, Caldwell, who already has 27 wins, would be the solo winner. ....
Sponsored by: Outadore and Irad Ortiz Jr. give trainer Wesley Ward his third consecutive victory in the Juvenile Turf Sprint at Kentucky Downs The $200,000 Springboard Mile, Remington Park s top stakes race for 2-year-olds, drew a field of 11 this morning. The contest will headline a program of 13 races on Friday night, Dec. 18, going as race 12 at approximately 10:28pm. The first race of the evening is at 5pm. All times are Central. A pair of horses coming out of Breeders Cup races last month at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky. have entered the Springboard. They are the top two in the morning-line odds for the co-richest race of the Remington Park season. ....