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Sweet Ducky and Gourmet Dinner, two of the prominent members of this year's 3-year-old class, may be off the Kentucky Derby trail, but for completely different reasons.
Sweet Ducky on Tuesday was purchased by Ramzan Kadyrov, the controversial president of Chechnya, in order to run in the United Arab Emirates Derby on March 26. Kadyrov uses Herman Brown as his trainer, and Kelly Breen, the former trainer of Sweet Ducky, said Tuesday that Brown had contacted him in regards to Sweet Ducky.
Kadyrov, according to numerous published reports, has extensive racehorse holdings in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. He does not have horses in the United States, and there is no indication that Sweet Ducky would return to the United States for the Kentucky Derby should he run well in Dubai. He has not raced since finishing second in the Holy Bull Stakes on Jan. 30.
Breen said he had no idea what the future plans were for Sweet Ducky, who was flown to Dubai on Tuesday.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown2011/news/story?id=6221547
Sweet Ducky on Tuesday was purchased by Ramzan Kadyrov, the controversial president of Chechnya, in order to run in the United Arab Emirates Derby on March 26. Kadyrov uses Herman Brown as his trainer, and Kelly Breen, the former trainer of Sweet Ducky, said Tuesday that Brown had contacted him in regards to Sweet Ducky.
Kadyrov, according to numerous published reports, has extensive racehorse holdings in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. He does not have horses in the United States, and there is no indication that Sweet Ducky would return to the United States for the Kentucky Derby should he run well in Dubai. He has not raced since finishing second in the Holy Bull Stakes on Jan. 30.
Breen said he had no idea what the future plans were for Sweet Ducky, who was flown to Dubai on Tuesday.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown2011/news/story?id=6221547
