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In a document filed January 2, 2024, in U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, the government announced they will not proceed with the prosecution of veterinarian Dr. Rebecca Linke. Linke, 46, of Farmingdale, New Jersey, faced one count conspiracy to commit misbranding and drug adulteration in a case that saw harness racing trainer […]
The United States Attorney Southern District of New York today (Jan. 12) submitted to the Honorable Mary Kay Vyskocil, their recommendations for sentencing in their case against harness racing trainer Nicholas Surick for his participation in the federal horse doping scandal. Surick pled guilty to multiple charges in the investigation. The Government stated in their […]
The United States District Court Southern District of New York has unsealed six of the court documents that were sealed against harness racing trainer Nicholas Surick. Here are the documents as were given to Harnesslink. While the court documents are quite long in length, they best describe the offences originally charged against Surick. The United […]
The following is a statement from Joe Faraldo, Chairman of the Board, the United States Trotting Association Please allow me to set the record straight regarding a story that originally appeared in the Thoroughbred Daily News entitled “Two Years After Indictments, Where Are They Now”? That piece addressed, among other things, the indictment status of harness […]
In the US Federal Government’s investigation into horse racing doping, both Thoroughbred and harness racing trainers, veterinarians and others are now pleading guilty. So far, 10 of the 29 people indicted by the Feds have now pleaded guilty, the latest was Jorge Navarro, one of the ringleaders on the investigation, received five years and must […]
