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Albeit not as dramatically as sports betting is sweeping the country, fixed odds wagering on horse racing is coming to America and should be embraced and understood by horsemen. That was the advice of two heads of major horse racing content distributors and two executive directors of horsemen’s associations. They spoke March 9 on a […]
Bloodhorse.com reports today that a stream of sentencing hearings in horse doping cases resumed on Nov. 17 in New York City when Thomas Guido III learned he will start serving 20 months in prison early next year. Guido, a former harness racing trainer, is among a group of six persons named in the same indictment […]
Bloodhorse.com reports that the Jan. 19 selection of jurors for the federal horse-doping trial of Dr. Seth Fishman and Lisa Giannelli was extended into at least a second day when only 37 of 75 potential jurors were questioned inside a lower Manhattan courthouse. U.S. District Court Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil called for an end to […]
Bloodhorse.com reports that New Jersey veterinarian Dr. Rebecca Linke, whose professional career had focused on treating Standardbred and Thoroughbred racehorses, gave up her rights to have any involvement with horse racing for two years as part of an agreement with federal prosecutors. Without the agreement, Linke potentially faced a more serious fate as part of […]
Bloodhorse.com has reported on Tuesday, Oct. 12 that indicted harness racing trainer Chris Oakes, allegedly captured on federal wiretaps conspiring with Thoroughbred trainer Jorge Navarro to give performance-enhancing drugs to racehorses, is expected to enter a guilty plea Oct. 20 in a U.S. District Court on charges related to purchasing, selling, and distributing PEDs. Oakes […]
