How many ways can horse racing shoot itself in the foot?
It appeared to
find a new one Sunday, when Ahmed Zayat, the owner of this year’s Kentucky Derby
runner-up, Pioneerof the Nile, appeared on television and said he was
considering colluding with other owners in an effort to keep the
superfilly Rachel Alexandra out of the field of 14 for the 134th
running of the Preakness Stakes.
The scheme was derailed Sunday night when Marylou Whitney
said that if Rachel Alexandra was still 15th on the eligibility list,
she would not run her colt Luv Gov, who had been entered earlier in the
day by the trainer D. Wayne Lucas.
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