Horseracing’s Welfare and Integrity Unit has announced the settlement of three cases, involving two trainers, that require “early receipt and acceptance of the consequences”.
These are the first three solutions for controlled drug use cases or controlled drug use practices provided by HIWU, which serves as the enforcement agency of the Racing Integrity and Safety Authority. horse, take out. HISA and HIWU went live with their anti-doping and control drug monitoring on May 22.
The first three cases to be resolved include:
• HIWU announces suspension of coach Douglas Nunn for 30 days beginning July 8 for injecting drugs into a joint within 14 days of race time. Nunn will also be fined $5,000 and receive three penalty points under rules intended to prevent repeated offenses.
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participating horse, Smithwick’s Spices will be disqualified from his June 9 victory in an allowance race at Delaware Park. New Spice Stable owners will forfeit their winnings of $29,250. Disqualified, runner-up Silardi campaigned by Rockingham Ranch, will be declared the winner.
• Two other cases have been resolved involving trainer Ricardo Legall and a horse he started on May 28 at Belmont Park, cool trader who tested positive for a pair of controlled drugs.
HIWU announced that Legall was suspended for seven days as of July 6, fined $1,000 and given two penalty points for discovering levamisole, a Class B controlled drug. He was also fined 500 dollars and was fined 1.5 points for detecting dimethyl sulfoxide, a Class C controlled drug.
Merchants of Cool will be knocked out of fifth place in the race for rights on May 28, and Honor King holders will forfeit their $1,120 hard-earned wallet.
