Trained to run and run the did on Sunday April 4 2021 without the state of New York eg at Santa Anita etc
The ny faithful could not bet at Nassau oTB or elsewhere on said day.
Rice furrow and the rest of em should consult with their
High priced lawyers and bang the cuomo crime family for cash and violation of their rights secured by ny const art 1 sec 3
People that bet horses and or work at Nassau OTB will be appreciative
Rice's license revoked for three years, gets $50K fine
Matt HegartyMay 17, 2021
Linda Rice, a leading trainer on the New York racing circuit for more than a decade, will have her license immediately revoked for at least three years and will be fined $50,000 for “conduct detrimental to racing” arising out of allegations that she used “confidential information” from the racing office to determine which races to enter during a period from 2011 to 2015, according to a vote on Monday by the New York Gaming Commission.
The five-member gaming commission unanimously approved the penalties after reviewing a hearing officer’s report about the allegations, which were the subject of eight days of hearings late last year. The hearing officer, Clark Petschak, submitted his report to the commission on April 13, commission officials said during a Monday meeting of the commission.
Robert Williams, the executive director of the gaming commission, quoted from the hearing officer’s report prior to the penalties being announced, saying that Petschak had concluded that “Rice’s conduct involved the receipt of, and the request for, confidential entry information in overnight races,” Williams said. “This was intentional, serious, and extensive, and that her actions constituted improper and corrupt conduct in relation to racing . . . and were inconsistent with and detrimental to the spirit of racing.”
Rice, reached on her cell phone while she was attending the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale in Timonium, Maryland, after the hearing concluded, said that she was talking with her attorney and could not discuss the matter immediately. She later did not respond to a text. Her attorney, Anthony Turro, did not respond to multiple messages on Monday.
Still, Rice is likely to appeal, given the gravity of the suspension.
The gaming commission did not respond to a request to view the hearing officer’s report.
A license revocation would prohibit Rice from training in any other jurisdiction in the U.S under a principle known as “reciprocity” that requires state racing commissions to honor the decisions of other regulators. Under the New York penalty, Rice would be prohibited from applying for a new racing license for three years after the date her license was revoked.
In 2011, racing regulators in New York revoked the license of trainer Richard Dutrow for 10 years, citing a long history of medication violations and conduct that it characterized as “detrimental to racing.” Dutrow initially received a stay of the order, but after exhausting his appeals, the revocation went into effect in early 2013. Since then, Dutrow has made efforts to apply for licenses in other states, but those applications have been withdrawn when it became clear that regulators did not intend to grant him a license.
The gaming commission filed a complaint against Rice last year after allegations surfaced that several racing office employees had provided her with the names of horses that were expected to be entered into races prior to entry time. The commission had alleged that Rice solicited and used the information to place her horses in races in which they would be more likely to win, and that gratuities she provided to the employees were compensation for their help.
Two of the racing office employees had their licenses suspended after the time that they provided the information to Rice, although one of the employees had his license suspended because of a different violation.
Turro, Rice’s attorney, argued that the information did not provide a significant benefit to Rice and that racing office personnel had provided similar information to other trainers. In addition, Turro called several high-ranking racing executives to provide testimony during the hearing, and none of the officials could provide a written rule saying that the practice was forbidden, though the same officials said that it was “common knowledge” that the names of potential entries were not to be given out prior to entry time.
Rice had testified at the hearing that she wasn’t aware that the information she was being given was privileged.
“I didn’t know of any rule I was breaking,” Rice said.
Through Sunday, Rice has a career record of 2,107 wins from 11,382 starts, with purse earnings of $85.8 million, according to Equibase figures. The daughter of the late trainer Clyde Rice, she began her career in New Jersey before moving to New York. In 2009, she became the first woman to win a major track’s training title when she led the standings that year at Saratoga Race Course. She also won back-to-back training titles in 2011 and 2012 at Aqueduct.
Stop scratching on holidays
Published: June 1, 2012
Off Track Betting in New York State has been racing into a crisis called shrinking revenue. Some people have spitballed a solution: Don’t close on holidays.
New York State Racing Law bars racing on Christmas, Easter and Palm Sunday, and the state has ruled OTBs can’t handle action on those days, even though they could easily broadcast races from out of state.
“You should be able to bet whenever you want,” said Jackson Leeds, a Nassau OTB employee who makes an occasional bet. He added some irrefutable logic: “How is the business going to make money if you’re not open to take people’s bets?”
Elias Tsekerides, president of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York, said OTB is open on Greek Orthodox Easter and Palm Sunday.
“I don’t want discrimination,” Tsekerides said. “They close for the Catholics, but open for the Greek Orthodox? It’s either open for all or not open.”
OTB officials have said they lose millions by closing on Palm Sunday alone, with tracks such as Gulfstream, Santa Anita, Turf Paradise and Hawthorne running.
One option: OTBs could just stay open and face the consequences. New York City OTB did just that back in 2003. The handle was about $1.5 million – and OTB was fined $5,000.
Easy money.
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