With disgraced former trainer Jason Servis sentenced to four years in prison, the federal investigation into racehorse doping – involving more than two dozen trainers, veterinarians, and drug distributors in Thoroughbred and Standardbred racing in multiple states – has come to an end.
Servis was the last to be sentenced of those named in a March 9, 2020, indictment from the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Like most of the others, including former trainer Jorge Navarro (who received a five-year sentence), he pleaded guilty. The only jury trials, involving Florida veterinarian Seth Fishman and his employee, Lisa Giannelli, resulted in guilty verdicts. Fishman was sentenced to 11 years in prison and Giannelli 3 1/2 years.
In this week's Friday Show, Ray Paulick and Paulick Report edit0r-in-chief Natalie Voss review the story that rocked the racing world and likely set the stage for federal legislation that in December 2020 created an independent agency, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, to regulate U.S. Thoroughbred racing's drug and safety policies on a national basis.
How did the cheaters get away with illegally doping horses for so long without getting caught? What did some of the documents and wiretapped conversations reveal? Why would anyone entrusted with the care and well-being of horses administer some of these substances, with contents largely unknown? And why did the number of indictments not grow, despite the stated presence of voluminous information collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, including customer lists for some of the banned substances?
Watch this week's episode of The Friday Show below:
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