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Brandon Simpson pleads guilty in drug scandal

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Bill Finley of Harness Racing Update today (April 21) reports that just as it had started to appear that the doping cases that involved more than two dozen individuals from the standardbred and thoroughbred industries were grinding to a halt, a new harness racing name surfaced Thursday, more than three years after the original indictments […]

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Rene Allard pleads guilty in dope scandal

By Thoroughbred Daily News ·

The Thoroughbred Daily News today (June 2) reports that harness racing trainer Rene Allard, who was third in North America in both wins and purse earnings in the year before he was arrested and indicted in the March 2020 international doping conspiracy investigation, on Thursday changed his plea to “guilty” on one felony count of […]

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Government says harness PED case involves 30 tracks

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The Bloodhorse.com reports today that the government charges a lengthy list of victims and jurisdictions of alleged criminal activity by five people indicted in New York federal court for conspiracy to adulterate and misbrand performance-enhancing drugs used in harness racing. The indictment, which has been superseded four times, lists one count each against Dr. Louis […]

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So, what’s going on with Nick Surick and others?

By Harnesslink Media ·

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 […]

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Analysis of what could be a landmark case

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The following opinion was written by attorney Joseph Faraldo. Speaking solely as a private attorney and a horsemen , not in any other capacity and not for any entity, I found the recently filed complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, in the matter captioned Kapildeo Singh, et […]

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