Trainer Jena Antonucci has appealed a 15-day suspension and a $1,000 fine issued by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit after one of her horses, Bee a Queen, showed the presence of a controlled medication, lidocaine.
Proving equally adept routing as sprinting, So Happy outfinishes favored Potente to win the April 4 Santa Anita Derby (G1) at Santa Anita Park for trainer Mark Glatt and owners Norman Stables and Saints or Sinners.
Always well thought of by her owners and trainer Chad Brown, Always a Runner surged late to win the $200,000 Gazelle Stakes (G3) April 4 at Aqueduct Racetrack.