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Veterinarian  Bradley Gordon was summarily suspended Sept. 22 by the Prairie Meadows board of stewards in Altoona, Iowa., for allegedly violating both state of Iowa and Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority regulations.

“On Sept. 22, 2022,” the ruling states, “the board of stewards received a report from the Iowa Racing and Gaming state veterinarians and Prairie Meadows security stating on Sept. 19, 2022, Bradley Gordon, DVM, was found to be in possession of prohibited substances and incomplete and/or falsified log reports submitted to state veterinarians.”

The ruling cites Iowa Code section 491 IAC 6.5(3), stating a licensee “has been involved in any fraudulent or corrupt practices, including, but not limited to: 491 IAC 6.5(3)(i), conduct in Iowa or elsewhere has been dishonest, undesirable, detrimental to, or reflects negatively on, the integrity or best interests of racing and gaming.”

HISA regulations cited by stewards that warranted the summary suspension were: HISA 2230 (e) (pertaining to possession of a syringe); HISA 2251 (b) (submission of veterinary reports on a timely basis); and HISA 2271 (a) (prohibiting “use of physical or veterinary procedures to mask the effects or signs of injury so as to allow training or racing to the detriment of the horse's health and welfare”).

A hearing date has not yet been set for Gordon. Rick Evans and Cynthia Smith are the state stewards and Rick Sackett the association steward.

Gordon is the second veterinarian summarily suspended by the Prairie Meadows board of stewards this year.

On June 16, the owner-trainer license of Dr. James Hume was summarily suspended after being found to be in possession of multiple injectables, hypodermic needles and syringes on the backside.

An owner-trainer, Hume is also a veterinarian but not licensed as such by the Iowa Racing Commission.  He testified to stewards in a hearing that he “has a veterinarian practice off the grounds and had gone to client's farm on his way to the racetrack and that was the reason his medical bag was in his vehicle.”

Stewards subsequently suspended Hume for one year, from June 16, 2022, through June 15, 2023.

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Sheriff Brown has been disqualified from his narrow victory in the $200,000 Albuquerque Handicap at the Downs at Albuquerque on Sept. 24 after stewards ruled that jockey Oscar Ceballos violated the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority regulations restricting use of the riding crop.

The ruling, dated Sept. 25 and posted on the Association of Racing Commissioners International website, followed a hearing with owner Joseph Robert Peacock of the Peacock Family Holdings L.P. stable. Sheriff Brown, a 6-year-old gelding by Curlin sent off as the 5-2 favorite, was disqualified from first and ordered unplaced after rallying from last, nearly 10 lengths behind, to edge Mine That Star and jockey Joree Scriver by a neck in the 1 1/8-mile contest.

Trainer Todd Fincher said Peacock “absolutely” planned to appeal the disqualification, which cost the owner-breeder $108,000 in what would have been Sheriff Brown's biggest payday.

Under HISA rules, purse disqualifications do not come into play until the 10th strike. A Class 3 violation of HISA rule 2282 is one to three strikes over the six-strike limit; Class 2 is four to nine strikes over; Class 1 is 10 or more over the limit. Fines and suspensions to jockeys increase according to the level of violation.

“They said he hit the horse a total of 11 times,” Fincher said, “but he's not really striking the horse as much as flagging or brushing the shoulder. It's ridiculous in my opinion. If a jockey breaks a rule, the owner shouldn't have to pay for it. and we're not even sure he broke a rule.

“The ironic thing is the horse that ran second broke the whip rule, too,” Fincher said.

In fact, three of the other 10 jockeys riding in the Albuquerque Handicap were sanctioned for Class 3 riding crop violations, fined $250 (or 10 percent of the jockey's share of the purse), and suspended one day. For his Class 2 violation, Ceballos received a three-day suspension and fine of $2,160 (20 percent of his share of the purse). The other were Joree Scriver aboard runner-up Mine That Star, Enrique Garcia aboard fifth-place finisher Tartini, and Alejandro Medellin aboard sixth-place fionisher Zestful.

“Three other jockeys break the rules and we're the only ones who get penalized like this?” Fincher said. “It's stupid, asinine, moronic. I'm all for HISA and the medication side of it. The rest of it they're screwing up pretty good in my opinion.”

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Trainer Chris Hartman has been fined $500 for violating a Kentucky Horse Racing Commission regulation prohibiting electronic therapeutic treatments on horses within 24 hours of a race.

The Sept. 14 ruling states that Necker Island, a 5-year-old multiple stakes-winning son of Hard Spun who contested the 2020 Kentucky Derby, was treated with a portable handheld massager inside the 24-hour window for the ninth race at Kentucky Downs in Franklin, Ky., on Sept. 10.

Necker Island was scratched from the race, the Grade 2, $1 million FanDuel Turf Sprint Stakes. The horse has been re-entered on Sept. 17 at Churchill Downs in the $275,000 Louisville Thoroughbred Society Stakes, where he is the 5-2 second choice in the morning line. Necker Island races for The Scherr Boys.

The treatment is in violation of 810 KAR 8:010 Section 3 (7) which states: “Electronic therapeutic treatments, other than nebulization, shall not be administered to a horse within 24 hours prior to post time of a race in which the horse is entered.”

Contacted by telephone, Hartman declined to comment, stating that the stewards ruling was sufficient in explaining what happened.

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Jockey Drayden Van Dyke has been suspended three days and fined $960 for using the riding crop five strikes over the limit aboard Ruis Racing's Bolt's Broad in the sixth race at Del Mar racetrack in Del Mar, Calif., on Sept. 9.

Under Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority regulations, penalties for Class 2 riding crop violations (four to nine strikes over the limit of six) also call for the horse to be disqualified from purse earnings.

Mike Marten, spokesperson for the California Horse Racing Board, said any purse disqualification is considered a separate matter and requires a hearing. The owner, trainer, and jockey will be notified of a hearing so they may be present, Marten said, adding the hearing with the connections of Bolt's Broad will be scheduled “very soon.”

Bolt's Broad, trained by Shelbe Ruis, finished first by a nose in the one-mile maiden race run on dirt after being transferred from turf because of wet conditions. Last early, the 2-year-old filly from the first crop sired by Bolt d'Oro rallied wide into the stretch under Van Dyke and caught Classymademoiselle and jockey Diego Herrera at the wire.

Winner's share of the $81,000 purse was $48,000.

Van Dyke appeared to strike Bolt's Broad six times in the final sixteenth of a mile. The HISA rule, in addition to limiting a jockey to six strikes, also states, “The rider must allow at least two strides for the horse to respond before using the crop again.”

The ruling does not affect pari-mutuel wagering. Bolt's Broad paid $42.60 to win.

This was Van Dyke's second HISA riding crop violation since the rules went into effect July 1. He previously was fined $250 and suspended one day for going two strikes over the limit – a Class 3 violation (one to three strikes over the limit) – in a July 29 race at Del Mar.

Van Dyke received three points for the first violation and five for the most recent one. Under HISA's multiple violations rule, riders may receive an additional seven-day suspension when they have accumulated between 11 and 15 points; 15 days for 16-20 points; and 30 days for 21 or more points. Points expire six months after a Class 3 violation, nine months after a Class 2 and one year after a Class 1 (10 or more strikes over the limit).

Van Dyke's suspension is scheduled to run Sept. 17, 18 and 22 but he may participate in designated stakes races on those days.

Below is the replay of Bolt's Broad's Sept. 9 win.

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