The 418 plaintiffs in a civil lawsuit against attorneys Shirley Cunningham Jr. and William Gallion, minority owners of GI Breedersí Cup Classic hero Curlin, have been awarded a 20-percent interest in the colt by a Kentucky court, the Daily Racing Form reports. Cunningham and Gallion, who represented the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the maker of the diet drug phen-fen, are charged with misappropriating tens of millions of the $200-million settlement in that case and remain in jail awaiting a criminal trial. The two bought Curlin for $57,000 as a yearling and raced him in the name of Midnight Cry Stable, which is owned by their company, Tandy LLC. They sold an 80-percent interest in the colt to Stonerside Stable and Padua Stables after his maiden win in February.
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