FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Derby winning trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. can race at Keeneland after all.
A Kentucky judge granted a temporary injunction against the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Thursday, a day after officials unanimously voted to deny Dutrow a racing license this year for “consistent disregard for the rules of racing.”
The decision handed down by Franklin Circuit Court Judge Phillip Shepherd means Dutrow can enter Amen Hallelujah in Thursday’s Vinery Madison and Court Vision in the Maker’s Mark Mile.
Dutrow won the Derby and the Preakness in 2008 with Big Brown but has a history of rules violations in several states.
