Al-Zarooni could lose his training licence in one of the most significant alleged doping scandals in recent racing history.
Also optimistic, Richard Lee – who, since Mountainous peaked at Christmas 2013 has handed over the training licence to his daughter, Kerry – is hoping for going "on the bottomless side of bottomless!" That wish, at least, should be granted.
By G. F. T. Ryall The New Yorker, January 12 , 1946P. 76 Meeting of the Jockey Club to consider the appeal of Tom Smith, trainer of the Maine Chance Farm Stable, for reinstatement of his training licence.
For while his wife, Sue, is the one with her name on the training licence, the no-nonsense former showjumper has evidently overcome her initial alarm about the notion of giving Auroras Encore only a fortnight to recover from his 66-1 win in the Grand National.
Trainer David, whose War Singer was quite an easy winner of the contest, had current handicap ratings for each runner jotted down in his Racing Post, while his father, Martin, who dominated jumps racing when he held the training licence, was spotted queuing up to place a bet on the Tote shortly before the race.
Cecil first took out a training licence in 1969.
Lady Cecil has temporarily taken over the training licence at Warren Place stables in Newmarket after Sir Henry died of stomach cancer on Tuesday following a long illness.
The head of the UCI, cycling's governing body, expressed some bemusement at the ban suggesting that Dr Ferrari did not hold a current training licence.
The win was emotional for Hughes, who took over the training licence following the death of her father, Dessie, last November.
The filly won at 9-2 under Tom Queally, who rides for the Warren Place Stables in Newmarket, where Lady Cecil has temporarily taken the training licence.
