Kieren Fallon’s lawyers submitted a request to postpone the decision of the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority concerning the granting of a license to ride at the Breeder’s Cup in November.

“Their attorneys have asked that the issue come before the authority next month,” Jim Gallagher, KHRA executive director, said. The lawyers argued that they needed the time to appeal a decision of the Illinois Racing Board that bans the jockey from riding in Illinois.

La Cucaracha will not be able to take part in the VC Bet Nunthorpe Stakes at York after pulling a ligament. The Barry Hills-trained mare won the Group Three Audi Stakes three weeks ago and her owner, Guy Reed, hoped she might repeat her victory at York on Thursday.

“Unfortunately La Cucaracha will miss the Nunthorpe at York on Thursday as she has pulled a ligament,” trainer Barry Hill explained in a press conference. “We are particularly sorry she is missing the race as her owner Guy Reed is a Yorkshireman.”

Salisbury has 66 runners in its six races which begin at 1430. The ground is good to firm and the feature contest is the Upavon fillies race at 1600. Frankie Dettori has ridden eight winners from his last 36 rides and should improve those statistics with Pictavia.

Racing starts at 1410 and the horse to follow is Key Time in the 1440. His trainer Sir Mark Prescott has a 50% strike rate and Key Time has won five of his last six starts.

Lee Freedman, her trainer, does not expect her to win the Group Two 1400- meter. It will be her first test at weight-for-age against all-comers. But he sure expects a great race from Serenade Rose in the Craiglee Stakes over 1600- meter at Flemington on September 9.

Serenade Rose is the best three-year-old of last season after eight wins, all against her own age and sex.

A hundred and thirty-five contestants have already registered for the £250,000 Group One Darley Dewhurst, to take place on October 14th. The entries include 48 horses from Ireland and one from France.

Aidan O’Brien is responsible for a total of 41 entries including Holy Roman Emperor, favorite for the Stan James 2000 Guineas and Duke of Marmalade, second to Strategic Prince in the Vintage Stakes at Goodwood.

The Horseracing Regulatory Authority (HRA) notified the renowned Flat jockey, Robert Winston, that he was going to be investigated about race-fixing charges.

Winston, 26, faces charges along with three other not-so-famous jockeys and a bookmaker. According to Winston’s declarations, he is shocked with the news, and said that after police investigations detectives have not been able to find anything wrong or illegal.

The Kingdom of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes, to take place at Newmarket on September 30, has attracted a 36-class entry. Mare Alexander Goldrun, that finished second in the Vodafone Nassau Stakes, is among the contestants.

Soviet Sung will also take part in the race after finishing second to Court Masterpiece in the Sussex Stakes at the Glorious Festival. Michael Stout has registered four entries: Echelon, Cantabria, Wasseema and Peeress.

Officials at the Horseracing Regulatory Authority announced that, in the following two weeks, it would charge four renowned jockeys with race-fixing. The names of the individuals were not revealed but a top 10 jockey is believed to be among them.

According to unofficial reports, the jockeys passed information about the races to a Midlands bookmaker who profited from it. The HRA informed that the jockeys involved would be informed a week before the charges are made public.

Ricardo Soler and Ignacio Pavlovsky visited, as Argentinean Breeders representatives, the International Breeders Meeting, which took place in Tokyo during the first week of July 2006.

“We were very impressed with the Japanese equine breeding, currently they are the fourth worldwide breeders with 8,500 births per year, following the US, Australia and Ireland, keeping Argentina in the fifth place since 7 or 8 years ago.”

Leica Falcon, favourite to win the Melbourne Cup, will not be able to compete due to a tendon injury. Trainer Richard Freyer decided to take the horse to the Shepparton Veterinary Clinic where a scan revealed a tear to the tendon.