Yet at The Oval on Tuesday they announced a side containing six players with, as one member of the media put it, asterisks by their names.

BBC: Andrew Flintoff and David Graveney

The three-member state board cited infractions including syringes containing an analgesic and sedative found in Dutrow's desk and an analgesic found in the urine of his horse Fastus Cactus in November 2010 after it won at Aqueduct Racetrack.

WSJ: Derby-winning trainer Dutrow sues over NY ban