The owner of the Oro Bolt thinks the Justify News lawsuit

Mick Ruis, owner and former coach of Bolt d'Oro, second at Santa Anita Derby 2018 (G1), said Thursday in Louisville, Kentucky, the Courier-Journal After revealing that Justify had failed a drug test after the race, he had considered legal options after his victory over Ruis's horse.

Times' Joe Drape reported that the scopolamine substance had been found in the Justify system above the allowable limit and that the California Horse Racing Board had not disqualified the "justified" prosecution, Ruis told the Courier. Newspaper.

"It's really disappointing that we have different sets of rules for different people in Santa Anita," Ruis said. "The horse has been tested positive. Why did nobody know it until now? "

Ruis told the Courier-Journal that he would skin a Saturday entry for a first special weight race at Los Alamitos. The event includes a runner trained by Bob Baffert, who also conditioned Justify and said in a statement on Thursday that no illegal substance "was never intentionally administered" to Justify or to any of his horses.

Ruis does not seem to be arguing about the intention behind the drug, but rather about the Advisory Council's decision not to follow through on his decision.

I can confirm the @courierjournal reporting on Mick Ruis considering lawsuits for the 2018 Santa Anita Derby. I've also asked Mick about this today. He had the impression that Santa Anita had not been saved in the past, so I'm sure yesterday's news does not help.

– Jeremy Balan (@jeremybalan) September 12, 2019

Chuck Winner, president of the CHRB on the occasion of the Santa Anita Derby 2018, published a statement Thursday at the Daily Racing Form, said the board followed the appropriate protocols in this case. The winner told the DRF that six horses from other buildings had been tested positive scopolamine, and that the human rights commission has rejected every case.

The winner said the horses "scopolamine ingested from jimsonweed that was present in the hay that had been delivered to the barns, "and that, when it comes to the Drape report,"the premise of the story is wrong. "

Before the 2018 Derby, Ruis, a newcomer to the sport, was described as a David trying to kill the Goliaths, still learning his new job while campaigning with his unlikely foal. Ruis made a fortune selling most of a scaffolding company, bought back into the sport and has since retired from Bolt d'Oro for sale at the Kentucky stud. His daughter, Shelbe, now trains Ruis Racing riders.

Bolt d'Oro, favorite of the Derby early 2018, missed the table in 12th place on the first Saturday in May. Highlights of his career include wins in Del Mar Futurity (G1) and FrontRunner Stakes (G1). In the Santa Anita derby, he chased Justify for three minutes behind the winner of the Triple Crown.

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