Coach Tom Amoss said he would accept a seven-day suspension, according to a November 13 statement posted on Twitter, which is expected to be issued by the Indiana Horse Racing Commission on November 14.
Suspension after 3-year-old boy’s positive test result cat wings in the summer, showing the daughter of Cupid has exceeded the allowable quantity of a “permitted drug.” The drug was not named.
The filly last ran at Indianapolis horseshoe in a special women’s weight class on June 23, where she won by two stages and was subsequently eliminated and placed last out of 11.
The trainer added: “I’m grateful to the managers who independently recognized this as a potential for cross-contamination and reduced my suspension from 15 days to seven. We will work to ensure This won’t happen again.”
Amoss founded his stables in 1987 and has since led the coach at many races, including two in Indiana — the Indiana Downs (now the Horseshoe Indianapolis) and the Indiana Downs. Hoosier Park Casino & Racing.
In 2015, Amoss was suspended for 45 days and fined $5,000 by the IHRC after a sample taken from one of his horses in October 2011 at Hoosier Park tested positive for a muscle relaxant. , methocarbamol. In a comment to BloodHorse shortly after the verdict was decided after a three-year legal battle, Amoss said: “I think the decision is very unfair, but the committee has spoken out, so I will accept it. take.”
