Since the guilty plea of Maximum Security trainer Jason Servis in a federal doping case last week, many in the racing world have questioned whether the colt will be stripped of his win in the 2020 Saudi Cup.
Observers will have to continue waiting for a final conclusion, according to a statement released by the Saudi racing authority's Twitter account on Dec. 12.
“The Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia continues to monitor developments in the USA with the ultimate aim of concluding an investigation related to the running of the 2020 Saudi Cup.
“Over the coming weeks we will assess our ability to conclude this investigation, which began in March 2020, in a robust and comprehensive fashion.”
After the arrest of Servis and two dozen others in an explosive indictment in March, Saudi officials announced they were withholding the purse from that year's race, which has been run Feb. 29.
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If you appreciate our work, you can support us by subscribing to our Patreon stream. Learn more.Servis had initially entered a plea of not guilty to the charges against him but last week changed his plea to guilty on two charges — one of misbranding and adulterating a substance similar to clenbuterol, and another of misbranding and adulterating a drug called SGF-1000. He was the last remaining defendant from that original indictment who had yet to go to trial, enter a plea of not guilty, or make a deal with prosecutors. Servis had been set to go to trial in January.
Read our previous reporting on SGF-1000 here and here.
Servis was asked last week by U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil about the doping of Maximum Security and admitted that the colt received SGF-1000, as did most horses in his barn, but did not specify when it was administered.
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