Suspension Comes within the Wake of Kentucky Court docket of Appeals Resolution to Uphold Kentucky Horse Racing Fee’s 90 Day Time Out for Baffert
— Marty Irby, government director at Animal Wellness Motion
LOS ANGELES , CA, USA, April 2, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Within the wake of a Kentucky Court docket of Appeals determination Friday to uphold the Kentucky Horse Racing Fee’s (KHRC) suspension that forestalls infamous coach Bob Baffert from working horses within the 148th Kentucky Derby, the California Horse Racing Board has reciprocated by imposing the identical penalties for Baffert within the Golden State. On Friday, longtime horse racing media guru Ray Paulick tweeted photos of Baffert’s steady at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia by which Baffert’s indicators had been eliminated as Baffert prepares to vacate the house on April 4th.
Animal Wellness Motion government director Marty Irby, who testified earlier than Congress in 2020 in regards to the rampant doping in American horse racing, issued the next assertion:
“We applaud the California Horse Racing Board for reciprocating and suspending Bob Baffert simply as its Kentucky counterpart has. Baffert’s flagrant disregard for the foundations and repeated violations have resulted on this lengthy overdue consequence and whereas justice within the tragic life and demise of Medina Spirit could by no means be totally served, we’re glad to see leaders within the sport are now not keen to tolerate Baffert’s shenanigans – this infamous coach is the Lance Armstrong of horse racing.”
The Kentucky Court docket’s determination represents the fourth consecutive loss Baffert has suffered within the case of Medina Spirit this 12 months with the Kentucky Horse Racing Fee’s (KHRC) unique ruling that stripped Baffert of the 2021 Kentucky Derby title, Baffert’s loss within the KHRC enchantment, and loss within the decrease Kentucky Court docket final month.
Animal Wellness Motion is a Washington, D.C.-based 501(c)(4) group with a mission of serving to animals by selling authorized requirements forbidding cruelty. We champion causes that alleviate the struggling of companion animals, cattle, and wildlife. We advocate for insurance policies to cease dogfighting and cockfighting and different types of malicious cruelty and to confront manufacturing unit farming and different systemic types of animal exploitation. To stop cruelty, we promote enacting good public insurance policies, and we work to implement these insurance policies. To enact good legal guidelines, we should elect good lawmakers, and that’s why we remind voters which candidates care about our points and which of them don’t. We consider serving to animals helps us all.
Marty Irby
Animal Wellness Motion
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