In stories filed by harness racing commissions within the USA to america Trotting Affiliation from final week noticed various trainers obtain main fines and suspensions.
Sixto Rivas has been fined $10,000 and suspended for 3 years after his horse, Nationwide Sport, who was optimistic for N-ethylnicotinamide (a metabolite of nikethamide) in his blood on December 8, 2023, at Hoosier Park. That is acknowledged as a Class 1 drug with an “A” penalty advice by the ARCI Uniform Classification Tips for International Substances. Rivas had been granted an enchantment of this determination, which was upheld, and his suspension started on Nov. 20.
Dean Eckley has been fined $10,000 and suspended for one 12 months after out of competitors testing discovered his horse, Angelo, to be optimistic for each Nandrolone, and Testosterone, in violation of the Pennsylvania State Horse Racing Fee’s laws.
Whereas an enchantment was submitted, it was acknowledged that Eckley did not make a powerful exhibiting that he’s prone to prevail on the deserves of the case on condition that: Appellant knowingly elected to not ship a “cut up pattern” of the optimistic take a look at regardless of being given the chance and the Appellant did not rebut the proof produced on the Decide’s listening to. Eckley can also be on a Conditional License, which had bearing on the fines and enchantment.
Todd Rooney has been fined $2,500 and suspended for 30 days as his horse, Splendid, was discovered to be optimistic for Trazodone on July 29, 2024, at Harrah’s Philadelphia. A cut up pattern was despatched to an impartial lab, and it confirmed the optimistic consequence. Rooney has been granted an enchantment by the Pennsylvania Horse Racing Fee.
To see all the fines and suspensions reported to the USTA from final week, click on right here.
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Major fines/suspensions levied at horsemen
