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British racecourse career of the Phoenix racing operation may be over after the BHA banned it from having runners here
The British racecourse career of the troubled Phoenix Thoroughbreds racing operation may finally be over after the British Horseracing Authority said on Thursday afternoon that it can “no longer have runners in races in Great
Britain until further notice”.
Phoenix announced in mid-August that it intended to end its involvement with the sport in Britain “with immediate effect”, following a series of reports in the Racing Post which highlighted potential links between the Dubai-based operation and a money-laundering scandal in the
United States. However, its white and orange silks have since continued to appear on British tracks with some regularity, most recently when John Quinn’s Frankenstella landed a nursery at York on 6 September.