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The state of New Jersey has extended a purse subsidy package that will provide $20 million in purse funding each year through 2029 across Thoroughbred and harness racing in the state. Bill A2610 passed unanimously in both houses of the New Jersey legislature Friday (June 28): 76-0 in the assembly and 40-0 in the senate. […]
Columbus, OH – In Thursday’s (Jan. 4) Thoroughbred Daily News story, “Jimmy Corrigan Vows to Fight HIWU Suspension,” author Bill Finley describes the situation facing the Ohio Thoroughbred trainer, who is facing a two-year suspension for a methamphetamine positive that he claims is due to contamination. This article may not be about harness racing, but it well could […]
Columbus, OH — U.S. District Court Judge James Hendrix ruled on Thursday (May 4) that the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, which was amended by Congress and signed into law as amended in December 2022, is constitutional, according to a story in Thoroughbred Daily News. According to the story by T. D. Thornton, “The revamped Horseracing Integrity […]
The Thoroughbred Daily News reported today (July 11) that Dr. Seth Fishman was sentenced to 11 years in prison for his conviction on two counts of conspiring to violate drug adulteration and misbranding laws. He faced a possible sentence up to 17 1/2 years in prison, but Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil gave him a sentence […]
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 […]
