The board of directors of the National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association has sent Sheikh Mohammed, the ruler of Dubai, and Sheikh Mansour, chairman of the Emirates Racing Association, an official position statement on the disqualification of Brass Hat from his second-place finish in this year’s $6-million Dubai World Cup (UAE-I), and has asked the association to reconsider its position.

Brass Hat, owned by Fred Bradley and trained by his son, William “Buff” Bradley, both members of the Kentucky HBPA, was disqualified for a methylprednisolone positive. The Bradley family’s appeal of the disqualification was denied, and they lost the $1.2-million second-place check