In rulings issued April 17, the Louisiana State Racing Commission has opted to edit the suspensions of trainer Greg Tracy and assistant trainer James “Jim” Tracy from six months to indefinite suspensions.
The Tracys may request a reconsideration of their indefinite suspensions, which according to the latest rulings “will be dependent on his cooperation with Louisiana State Police, Louisiana Attorney General's Office and the U.S. Attorney's Office investigations.”
Stewards had issued six-month suspensions to both earlier this year after a routine search of a tack room assigned to Greg Tracy at Delta Downs by state police turned up 59 bottles of injectable medications, 352 hypodermic needles, 256 syringes, and 75 packs of Albuterol Sulfate inhalation solution.
The two brothers had requested an appeal of the stewards' ruling and were allowed to continue working on the backstretch.
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If you appreciate our work, you can support us by subscribing to our Patreon stream. Learn more.In Louisiana, six months is the maximum suspension stewards may give a licensee, but they are permitted to refer cases to the full commission for further hearing if they believe a more serious penalty is warranted. Louisiana Racing Commission executive director Charles Gardiner III told the Paulick Report in March that the licensees' appeals were granted because if they had been denied, the full commission would have to assemble within 10 days for a hearing on that decision, which is logistically difficult.
At the time of the discovery at Delta Downs, James Tracy had been listed as being under indefinite suspension for a financial issue by officials since Pennsylvania in 2015. Numerous other jurisdictions besides Louisiana had issued Tracy a license or license renewal in the intervening years despite his Pennsylvania status.
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