Thoroughbred trainer Michael Tannuzzo, barred from racing after his indictment in the 2020 federal racehorse doping case, appears to be ready to change his plea, according to the Thoroughbred Daily News.
A federal judge has granted Tannuzzo a July 7 hearing to allow him to explain the desire to change his initial “not guilty” plea.
With 11 horses in his care in New York at the time of his arrest on March 20, 2020, Tannuzzo made headlines the next day for claiming that the New York State Gaming Commission should not have suspended his license, telling the Daily Racing Form it was his friendship with fellow indicted trainer Jorge Navarro which made him appear guilty “by association.”
(Read more about Tannuzzo's claims here.)
Since then, however, Navarro changed his plea to guilty and is now serving a five-year prison sentence.
Tannuzzo's trial was set to begin on Sept. 12, 2022.
Read more at the Thoroughbred Daily News.
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