The Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission on Thursday upheld a one-year ban for trainer Marcus Vitali for interfering and impeding an investigation.
The Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission hit trainer Marcus Vitali with a 1-year suspension and now has denied his request for a stay pending his appeal.
The Jockey Club has denied Stud Book privileges to four trainers, two based in the mid-Atlantic region.
Trainer Marcus Vitali — briefly barred from entering horses at Laurel Park — has four in the entries for Saturday’s card.
Embattled trainer Marcus Vitali will be permitted to enter horses in Maryland — once he regains his Florida license and faces the music from several pending positives.
The Maryland Jockey Club expects to decide late Saturday on whether to accept entries from trainer Marcus Vitali, embroiled in a medication controversy.
Marcus Vitali, who trains Virginia-bred star Valid, will move his summer operation to Laurel Park.
Valid, the hard-hitting Virginia-bred trained by Marcus Vitali, controlled throughout to win today’s G3 Skip Away Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
Sunny Ridge and Valid, both listed among the top Midlantic-breds in the year’s first poll, met defeat this weekend in graded stakes contests.
Jockey Nik Juarez won his first two stakes and then got engaged — all in a 10-day period this summer. Next up: the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, aboard Valid.