on Sunday April 12, 2020
Sunday, April 12, 2020
| Track Code | Track Name | Entry | Scratch | 1st Post ET | 1st Post Local | Time Zone | Stakes Race(s) | Stakes Grade | T.V. Indicator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA | SANTA ANITA PARK | 72 | 48 | 3:00 PM | 12:00 PM | PDT | |||
| SUN | SUNLAND PARK | 168 | 24 | 2:30 PM | 12:30 PM | MDT | Mt. Cristo Rey H. | ||
| TAM | TAMPA BAY DOWNS | 72 | 0 | 12:35 PM | 12:35 PM |
27 People Arrested in Global Horse Doping Scheme That Hit NY and NJ Tracks that cannot even help see that the holy church of nassau otb is open when there is great racing to be bet outside of ny
OPEN ON 1ST PALM SUNDAY, OTB RAKES IN $2M
New York City Off-Track Betting made history yesterday, taking bets on Palm Sunday. Since 1973, when Sunday racing was made legal in New York State, race tracks have been allowed to operate every Sunday except for Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. While Aqueduct kept its doors shut, NYCOTB had its betting parlors open despite a letter from the New York State Racing and Wagering Board stating that it couldn't do so. "We're not a race track," NYCOTB president Ray Casey said. "OTB's business is a simulcasting business.
" Bettors responded by wagering an estimated $2 million yesterday on tracks from around the country, including Keeneland in Kentucky and Gulfstream Park in Florida. While in the past NYCOTB has respected the law and shut down on Palm Sunday, it took a chance this time because its business is down. "With the weather being the way it's been our handle has been off significantly," Casey said. "Our lawyers felt from their point of view that we could open (yesterday).
" The law says race tracks can't open. It doesn't mention OTBs. "I respect the Racing and Wagering Board and I have the utmost respect for chairman Michael Hoblock but I felt we're right on this one," Casey said. The NYSRWB didn't return phone calls yesterday but said on Saturday it would meet this week to discuss fines and penalties it can impose on NYCOTB. "This isn't personal," Casey said. "I just didn't agree with the board's interpretation.
" Casey also said NYCOTB may open on Easter Sunday.
FBI agents arrested 27 people early Monday on federal charges they participated in a scheme to illegally administer performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) to racehorses throughout the United States, court papers filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan say.
The 27 defendants include horse trainers, veterinarians, and others, accused of administering the PEDs in order to improve the performance of racehorses at racetracks in New York, New Jersey, Florida, Ohio, Kentucky, and the United Arab Emirates, court papers say.
The defendants allegedly used PEDs that are designed to evade drug tests as well as covertly administering the PEDs and physically concealing containers of PEDs from authorities, prosecutors say.
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The investigation was conducted by the FBI, NYPD, US Customs and Border Protection, New York State Police, and the FDA Office of Criminal Investigations. Arrests were made in the New York City area and in other parts of the U.S.
Prosecutors say the investigation uncovered widespread schemes by racehorse trainers, veterinarians, PED distributors and others to manufacture, distribute, and administer adulterated and misbranded PEDs to racehorses competing at all levels of professional horseracing.
Prosecutors say trainers who participated in these schemes profited by earning a share of the horses’ winnings and by improving their horses’ racing records they received higher trainer fees.
Jorge Navarro, a trainer, is accused of training and doping XY Jet, a thoroughbred horse that won the 2019 Golden Shaheen race in Dubai, court papers say. Another trainer, Jason Servis, is said by prosecutors to have doped virtually all horses under his control, including Maximum Security, which finished first in the 2019 Kentucky Derby but was subsequently disqualified for interference.
“Today’s unsealing of four indictments for widespread doping of racehorses is the largest ever of its kind from the Department of Justice,” said U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman. “These defendants engaged in this conduct not for the love of the sport, and certainly not out of concern for the horses, but for money.”
“These men allegedly saw the $100 billion dollar global horse racing industry as their way to get rich at the expense of the animals that were doing all the hard work,” said FBI Assistant Director William Sweeney. “Our investigation reveals the cruelty and inhumane treatment these horses suffered all to win a race.”
The defendants were due to appear in federal court in Manhattan Monday afternoon.
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