Juan Carlos Avila

Every week, the TDN posts a roundup of the relevant Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) related rulings from around the country. Among this week's rulings, two trainers have been issued short suspensions. Trainer Jonathan Thomas has been stepped down for five days and fined $4,000 for breaching the intra-articular injection rule, barring such joint injections within 7 days of a timed and reported workout. Trainer Fernando Abreu has been suspended for seven-days and fined $1,000 after one of his trainees, Scat Tu Tap, tested positive for two controlled substances: Magnesium Sulfate, which can be used as...

King Guillermo (Uncle Mo), who would be making his first start in over four months in Saturday's GI Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, did not go to the track Thursday morning, as reported by Greg Hall, an assigned pool reporter for the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters. While refusing to reveal any specifics, trainer Juan Carlos Avila told Hall: "We have a little problem. We have to wait until afternoon." Avila told Hall there would be a meeting to speak with vets and that there "may be additional information" later...

9th-Gulfstream, $46,000, Alw, 5-3, 3yo, f, 6 1/2f, 1:17.20, ft. BOERNE (f, 3, Fed Biz--Seeking the Jewel, by Seeking the Gold), fourth in her 5 1/2-furlong debut at Gulfstream Park West last November, graduated by a front-running 3 1/2 lengths going this distance Mar. 15 and added a 7 1/4-length romp in a six-furlong allowance Apr. 11. The 6-5 favorite jumped out to the early lead and was clear through fractions of :22.83 and :45.66. She extended her advantage into the stretch and sailed under the wire 4 1/4 lengths...