Standardbred coach Adrienne Hall, who admitted to receiving performance-enhancing drugs from Dr Seth Fishman during his trial and sentencing testimony earlier this year, voluntarily surrendered his license to the Racing Commission. Her New Jersey, according to a report in Update Mining Racing.
Hall said she did so after failing to reach an agreement with the NJRC on when a hearing for her would be held, Bill Finley reported to Harness Racing Update. Hall said lawyers from the Justice Department had asked her not to testify before the racing commission until after the trial of Fishman’s former assistant, Lisa Gianelli. Gianelli will be on trial alongside Fishman but her case was declared erroneous after her attorney caught COVID-19.
During the Mermaid trial, Hall testified that the vet gave her a PED called VO2 Max, which she used to inject a horse and win a harness race. in March 2019. Prosecutors in the case claimed VO2 Max increased the oxygen levels of the horses allowing them to run faster.
Hall is a New Jersey native who has run horses in the state.
She and Thoroughbred owner/trainer Jamen Davidovich were the two whistleblowers who testified in the January 27 Fishman trial. The day after his testimony, the Ohio State Racing Commission announced they suspended Davidovich’s license pending the hearing.
Hall and Davidovich testified in court under an agreement not to prosecute or grant immunity.
