Curlin Hearing: Motion Denied

The news out of Frankfort is that Judge Roger Crittenden denied the motion to foreclose on the 20 percent of Curlin that is controlled by Midnight Cry Stables. Developing....

Here is an update from The Courier-Journal:
 

A senior judge denied a motion today that would have forced the sale of the 20 percent interest in 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin that is owned by two jailed attorneys.

Judge Roger Crittenden said it would be premature to order a sale of the minority interest held by the Midnight Cry Stable of attorneys William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham.

Gallion and Cunningham are currently in jail awaiting a May 12th trial on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud after they apparently worked to hide funds from government officials who were attempting to collect a $42 million civil judgment entered against them in Boone County Circuit Court.

I find it fitting that the trial is scheduled to begin the Monday before The Preakness.