Richard E. Dutrow Jr.

Rick Dutrow
Rick Dutrow
Occupation	Trainer
Born	August 5, 1959 (age 65); Hagerstown, Maryland, ; United States
Career wins	1,872+ ongoing
Major racing wins
	Sports Page Handicap (2000) ; Floral Park Handicap (2002) ; Hudson Stakes (NYB) (2002, 2007, 2008) ; Prioress Stakes (2002) ; Cicada Stakes (2003) ; Comely Stakes (2003) ; Queens County Handicap (2003, 2004) ; Distaff Breeders' Cup Handicap (2003) ; General George Handicap (2004) ; Stuyvesant Handicap (2004) ; Toboggan Handicap (2004) ; Clark Handicap (2004) ; Demoiselle Stakes (2004, 2005); Massachusetts Handicap (2004); Pennsylvania Derby (2004); Donn Handicap (2005); Woodward Stakes (2005); Ashland Stakes (2005); Jerome Handicap (2005); Barbara Fritchie Handicap (2005) ; Davona Dale Stakes (2005) ; Maryland Breeders' Cup Handicap (2005) ; Tom Fool Handicap (2006) ; Metropolitan Handicap (2006); Coaching Club American Oaks (2006); Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap (2007); Carter Handicap (2007); Maker's Mark Mile Stakes (2007, 2008); Schuylerville Stakes (2007, 2010); Meadowlands Cup (2007); Frank J. De Francis Memorial Stakes (2007); Florida Derby (2008); Smile Sprint Handicap (2008); Sunshine Millions Dash (2009); Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (2009, 2010); Swale Stakes (2009, 2010); Sunshine Millions Sprint (2010); Hutcheson Stakes (2010, 2011); Skip Away Handicap (2010); Alysheba Stakes (2010); Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (2010); Woody Stephens Stakes (2010); Jaipur Stakes (2010); Hopeful Stakes (2010); Whitney Stakes (2023) American Classics / Breeders' Cup wins:; Breeders' Cup Sprint (2005); Breeders' Cup Classic (2005, 2023); Breeders' Cup Mile (2007); Kentucky Derby (2008); Preakness Stakes (2008)Contents Background ; Training career ; Suspension ; Return to training ; References ; External links ; International race wins:; Dubai Golden Shaheen (2008); Godolphin Mile (2008) ; Woodbine Mile (2010)
Racing awards
	Leading trainer in New York (2001, 2002, 2005)
Significant horses
	Carson Hollow, Cyber Secret, Offlee Wild, ; Wild Desert, Saint Liam, Well Fancied, ; Sis City, Wonder Lady Anne L, Silver Wagon, ; Kip Deville, Silver Train, Benny the Bull, ; Big Brown, Court Vision, D' Funnybone ; White Abarrio

Last updated February 01, 2025

Richard E. "Rick" Dutrow Jr. (born August 5, 1959, in Hagerstown, Maryland) is an American thoroughbred racehorse trainer. A winner of multiple stakes races including three victories in the Breeders' Cup, Dutrow campaigned Big Brown to his wins in the Florida Derby, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Haskell Invitational in 2008 en route to champion three-year-old male honors.

Dutrow was handed a 10-year suspension by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board (now the New York State Gaming Commission) in October 2011,^[1] which was served from January 2013 until January 2023.

Background

Dutrow's brother Anthony is also a trainer. Their father, Richard E. Dutrow Sr., was one of Maryland racing's "Big Four" who dominated racing in that state during the 1960s and 1970s and who helped modernize flat racing training. At age sixteen, Rick Jr. began working as his father's assistant. In 1995, he set up his own public stable in New York after his father left the NYRA circuit to return to Maryland.

Training career

Dutrow's first major success came in 2005 when he won two Breeders' Cup races with Silver Train and Saint Liam. His 1,000th lifetime victory was with Kip Deville in the Frank E. Kilroe Mile on March 3, 2007.^[2]

In 2008, he trained Big Brown to Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes victories, although the colt failed to capture the Triple Crown with a last place finish in the 140th Belmont Stakes. At the time, Dutrow had been suspended or fined 72 times by US horse racing authorities and had admitted regularly administering the steroid Winstrol to his horses including Big Brown.^[3] Nevertheless, Big Brown's accomplishments helped to make Dutrow one of the finalists for that year's Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer.

Suspension

On October 12, 2011, the New York State Racing and Wagering Board suspended Dutrow from racing for 10 years and fined him $50,000, citing a long history of racing violations.^[1] This followed a decision by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission's Licensing Review Committee not to renew his license in that state.^[4] Dutrow continued to train horses while he appealed the ruling in court.

Dutrow began serving his suspension in January 2013 after he exhausted his legal options in New York State.^[5]^[6] The following month he filed a federal lawsuit against the New York State Gaming Commission (the governing body that replaced the racing and wagering board that month), the Association of Racing Commissioners International (ARCI) and several other entities, seeking monetary damages and an overturning of his suspension. The suit alleged that Dutrow was "substantially and irreparably harmed" by the suspension and claims that he was deprived of due process under the law.^[7] The lawsuit was dismissed in July 2014,^[8] and an appeal was dismissed nearly a year later.^[9]

In 2020 the Queens District Attorney's office re-opened its investigation into Dutrow's suspension based on new allegations that incriminating evidence may have been planted in his barn.^[10] At the time, Dutrow received support for the reinstatement of his license from former Yankees manager Joe Torre and others.^[10]

Dutrow withdrew his application for a training license in Kentucky in July 2020 after the licensing committee of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission indicated it would not rule on it.^[11] This was despite testimony supporting Dutrow given by individuals including trainer Dale Romans, equine veterinarian Dr. Larry Bramlage, and a former New York State Gaming Commission steward.^[12]

Return to training

Upon the conclusion of his 10-year suspension in January 2023, Dutrow successfully applied for a training license in New York.^[13] On May 6, 2023, Dutrow won his first race since the end of his suspension when Prince of Pharoahs, a horse he claimed one month earlier, won an allowance race at Belmont Park.^[14] At the time of that win, Dutrow had 15 horses in his barn.^[14]

On August 5, 2023, Dutrow won the Whitney Stakes at Saratoga on his 64th birthday with White Abarrio. It was Dutrow's first Grade I stakes win since completing his suspension.^[15] Then in November, White Abarrio won the Breeders Cup Classic.^[16]

Related Research Articles

Belmont Park is a thoroughbred horse racetrack in Elmont, New York, just east of New York City limits best known for hosting the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the American Triple Crown. It was opened on May 4, 1905, and is one of the best well known racetracks in the United States. The original structure was demolished in 1963, and a second facility opened in 1968. The second structure was demolished in 2023, and a third version of Belmont Park is expected to open in 2026.

Robert A. Baffert is an American racehorse trainer who is considered one of the most successful and influential trainers in the history of horse racing. He has trained two Triple Crown winners: American Pharoah in 2015 and Justify in 2018. Baffert's horses have won the Kentucky Derby six times, tying the record with Ben A. Jones for wins by a trainer. He holds the trainer record for Preakness Stakes with eight wins and has won the Belmont Stakes and Kentucky Oaks three times each.

The Jockey Club is the breed registry for Thoroughbred horses in the United States and Canada. It is dedicated to the improvement of Thoroughbred breeding and racing and fulfills that mandate by serving many segments of the industry through its subsidiary companies and by supporting numerous industry initiatives.

John R. Velazquez is a Puerto Rican jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. He began his career in Puerto Rico and moved to New York in 1990. In 2004 and 2005 he was the United States Champion Jockey by earnings and both years was given the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey. He was inducted into the Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2012, rode his 5,000th winner in 2013, and became the leading money-earning jockey in the history of the sport in 2014.

Saint Liam was an American thoroughbred racehorse who was voted 2005 Eclipse Award Horse of the Year honors after winning the Donn Handicap, Stephen Foster, Woodward Stakes and Breeders' Cup Classic. He died in 2006 due to a freak accident, leaving behind a single crop of foals that included Horse of the Year Havre de Grace.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Street Sense (horse)</span> American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Street Sense is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2006 Breeders' Cup Juvenile and 2007 Kentucky Derby and was the 2006 Champion Two-Year-Old.

Kiaran P. McLaughlin is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer best known for training 2006 Horse of the Year Invasor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Steve Asmussen</span> American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer

Steven Mark Asmussen is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. The leading trainer in North America by wins, he is a two-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2016. His horses have won the Breeders' Cup Classic, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes, Travers Stakes, Breeders' Cup Distaff, Kentucky Oaks and Dubai World Cup.

Douglas F. O'Neill is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer. He was born in Dearborn, Michigan, and resides in California, where he trained the 2012 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, I'll Have Another, and 2016 Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist. O'Neill and his family reside in Santa Monica, California.

Big Brown is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2008 Kentucky Derby and 2008 Preakness Stakes and was the 2008 Champion Three-Year-Old.

In the United States, the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, commonly known as the Triple Crown, is a series of horse races for three-year-old Thoroughbreds, consisting of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes. The three races were inaugurated in different years, the last being the Kentucky Derby in 1875. The Triple Crown Trophy, commissioned in 1950 but awarded to all previous winners as well as those after 1950, is awarded to a horse who wins all three races and is thereafter designated as a Triple Crown winner. The races are traditionally run in May and early June of each year, although global events have resulted in schedule adjustments, such as in 1945 and 2020.

The 2014 Belmont Stakes was the 146th running of the Belmont Stakes. It was run on June 7, 2014, and was televised on NBC. California Chrome had a chance to complete the third leg of the Triple Crown after his victories in the 2014 Kentucky Derby and the 2014 Preakness Stakes. However, it was Tonalist who won the race. Commissioner placed second and Medal Count took third. California Chrome finished in a tie for fourth with Wicked Strong.

Irad Ortiz Jr. is a Puerto Rican jockey who has been a leading rider in the New York Thoroughbred horse racing circuit since 2012. He won his first Breeders' Cup race on Lady Eli in 2014, and his first American Classic on Creator in the 2016 Belmont Stakes. He won the 2022 Belmont Stakes on Mo Donegal.

Court Vision is a retired racehorse who was a five-time Grade I winner including the Breeders' Cup Mile. Upon retirement to stud in 2012, he first stood in Ontario, then was moved to Kentucky for 2016 then Louisiana for 2017.

The 2019 Belmont Stakes was the 151st running of the Belmont Stakes and the 108th time the event took place at Belmont Park. The 1+1⁄2-mile (2,400 m) race, known as the "test of the champion", is the final leg in the American Triple Crown, open to three-year-old Thoroughbreds. Sir Winston won the race, with a time of 2:28.30.

The 2020 Belmont Stakes was the 152nd running of the Belmont Stakes and the 109th time the event took place at Belmont Park. It was run June 20, 2020, and was won by Tiz the Law, the first New York-bred winner of the event since Forester in 1882. The race is one of the three legs of the American Triple Crown, open to three-year-old Thoroughbreds.

Art Collector was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2021 Woodward Stakes, the 2023 Pegasus World Cup and the Grade II Charles Town Classic twice. In a career spanning five seasons, he won or placed in seven graded stakes races.

Medina Spirit was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who finished first in the 2021 Kentucky Derby before being disqualified. He came second in the 2021 Breeders' Cup Classic and third in the 2021 Preakness Stakes.

Forte is a retired champion American Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old, he won the Grade I Hopeful Stakes, Breeders' Futurity and Breeders' Cup Juvenile en route to being named champion juvenile of 2022. At the age of three, he won the Florida Derby and Jim Dandy Stakes.

White Abarrio is a multiple Grade I winning American Thoroughbred racehorse. In 2022 he won the Florida Derby and competed against the best three-year-olds in the US. In 2023, as a four-year old, he won the Grade I Whitney Stakes at Saratoga Race Course and the Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park. On January 25, 2025, he won the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

References

1 2 Drape, Joe (October 13, 2011). "Dutrow barred from training horses for ten years". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
↑ Kip Deville Posts Kilroe Mile Surprise The Blood-Horse, March 3, 2007
↑ Sarah Hughes (June 1, 2008). "Hopes high of Big Brown delivering Triple Crown". London: Guardian. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
↑ Kentucky committee denies Dutrow a racing license Daily Racing Form , April 13, 2011
↑ In the matter of Richard E. Dutrow v. New York State Racing and Wagering Board(N.Y.2013-01-08)("Motion for leave to appeal denied with one hundred dollars costs and necessary reproduction disbursements."), Text .
↑ Grening, David (2013-01-16). "Dutrow to Begin Suspension Thursday". Daily Racing Form. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
↑ Grening, David (February 26, 2013). "Richard Dutrow Jr. sues in federal court to overturn ban and collect damages". Daily Racing Form. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
↑ Mitchell, Ron (30 July 2014). "Federal Judge Dismisses Dutrow Lawsuit". The Blood-Horse . Retrieved 6 April 2013.
↑ Angst, Frank (23 June 2015). "Federal Court Dismisses Dutrow Appeal". The Blood-Horse . Retrieved 7 April 2013.
1 2 Matthews, Wallace (8 March 2020). "Horse trainer Rick Dutrow's last ride heads into homestretch as he fights to overturn 10-year suspension linked to syringes in his barn". New York Daily News . Retrieved 8 April 2013.
↑ "Suspended trainer Rick Dutrow withdraws license application in Kentucky". espn.com. Associated Press. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
↑ "License for Dutrow Unlikely Until 10-Year Ban Runs Out". The BloodHorse. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
↑ "After 10-Year Suspension, Rick Dutrow Granted Trainer's License By New York State Gaming Commission". Paulick Report. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
1 2 Ehalt, Bob (6 May 2023). "Dutrow Wins in First Race Since 10-Year Suspension". The Blood-Horse. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
↑ "Trainer Rick Dutrow wins $1M Whitney at Saratoga for first Grade 1 score since 10-year suspension". Associated Press. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
↑ "White Abarrio wins $6M Breeders' Cup Classic, trainer Rick Dutrow back on top after 10-year exile". AP News. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.

External links

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[nytimes-1] 1 2 Drape, Joe (October 13, 2011). "Dutrow barred from training horses for ten years". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-06-10.

[2] Kip Deville Posts Kilroe Mile Surprise The Blood-Horse, March 3, 2007

[3] Sarah Hughes (June 1, 2008). "Hopes high of Big Brown delivering Triple Crown". London: Guardian. Retrieved 2012-06-10.

[4] Kentucky committee denies Dutrow a racing license Daily Racing Form , April 13, 2011

[5] In the matter of Richard E. Dutrow v. New York State Racing and Wagering Board(N.Y.2013-01-08)("Motion for leave to appeal denied with one hundred dollars costs and necessary reproduction disbursements."), Text .

[6] Grening, David (2013-01-16). "Dutrow to Begin Suspension Thursday". Daily Racing Form. Retrieved 2013-01-17.

[7] Grening, David (February 26, 2013). "Richard Dutrow Jr. sues in federal court to overturn ban and collect damages". Daily Racing Form. Retrieved February 27, 2013.

[8] Mitchell, Ron (30 July 2014). "Federal Judge Dismisses Dutrow Lawsuit". The Blood-Horse . Retrieved 6 April 2013.

[9] Angst, Frank (23 June 2015). "Federal Court Dismisses Dutrow Appeal". The Blood-Horse . Retrieved 7 April 2013.

[nydn0323-10] 1 2 Matthews, Wallace (8 March 2020). "Horse trainer Rick Dutrow's last ride heads into homestretch as he fights to overturn 10-year suspension linked to syringes in his barn". New York Daily News . Retrieved 8 April 2013.

[11] "Suspended trainer Rick Dutrow withdraws license application in Kentucky". espn.com. Associated Press. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

[12] "License for Dutrow Unlikely Until 10-Year Ban Runs Out". The BloodHorse. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

[13] "After 10-Year Suspension, Rick Dutrow Granted Trainer's License By New York State Gaming Commission". Paulick Report. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

[bh060523-14] 1 2 Ehalt, Bob (6 May 2023). "Dutrow Wins in First Race Since 10-Year Suspension". The Blood-Horse. Retrieved 8 May 2023.

[15] "Trainer Rick Dutrow wins $1M Whitney at Saratoga for first Grade 1 score since 10-year suspension". Associated Press. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.

[16] "White Abarrio wins $6M Breeders' Cup Classic, trainer Rick Dutrow back on top after 10-year exile". AP News. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]