Al Shaqab explain trainer move

Al Shaqab Racing has left the door open for Criquette Head-Maarek to train its runners in the future despite removing three horses from her yard.

In an interview with Paris Turf over the weekend, the Chantilly-based trainer suggested her gender may have been a factor in the racing operation’s decision to take the three horses away from her care and place them elsewhere.

However, Al Shaqab officials have stressed Head-Maarek’s gender did not influence their decision and it was based on concerns about a virus in her yard.

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