The Arizona Department of Gaming's Racing Division has reached settlement agreements with trainer Juan Pablo Silva and jockey Fausto Rodrigues Da Silva in the matter of Juror, who was pulled up in the fourth race at Turf Paradise on March 10, 2022.
Settlement agreements in both cases, signed June 13, state there is “insufficient evidence” to substantiate a violation of state racing rules and statutes. Both licensees have had their suspensions and fines dropped and have agreed to waive the right to further appeals or judicial remedies.
Juror was entered into a claiming race on March 10 for a $3,500 tag, having last raced for a $30,000 tag on Feb. 1. Da Silva pulled the 1-20 favorite up a few jumps out of the starting gate and later told the stewards he thought the horse had banged his shoulder going into the gate and that he was not comfortable with the way the horse was traveling as they broke.
Da Silva was given a 30-day suspension and stewards wrote a ruling citing Da Silva for “conduct detrimental to racing” and “for his failure to take his mount … to the track vet for an examination, after he suspected that the horse might have an injury.”
Trainer Silva was given a 180-day suspension, and stewards wrote in his original ruling that they believed he ran the horse “knowing he was sore and unfit to race.”
Juror was claimed from that race and because Arizona does not have a voided claim rule, he became the property of his new owners as soon as the gate opened, despite pulling up lame.
Juror was later placed on the veterinarian's list for a lameness in his left front leg. He was examined prior to the race but did not allow state veterinarian Dr. Susan Gale to palpate and fully flex his left front. He has since been retired and placed in a home for a second career.
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