The decision by a court of appeals on June 8 to reverse the New York State Gaming Commission's minimum three-year ban of trainer Linda Rice focused on unwritten rules and common practices in a racing office. Specifically, Rice had been charged with improperly receiving names and past performances of horses entered in overnight races before the entries closed, allegedly giving her an advantage over other trainers.
In some of those races, racing office personnel will call trainers to “hustle” entries to help get enough runners to make the race fill, giving them some information about the other horses already entered.
Attorney Bob Heleringer joins Ray Paulick and bloodstock editor Joe Nevills to discuss the Rice case and how the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court may have come to their decision. Heleringer is uniquely qualified: not only is he the author of the book “Equine Regulatory Law,” he once worked in racing offices and was one of those people calling trainers and “hustling” entries. He understands how the system is supposed to work but as an attorney believes everyone would be better off with written rules vs. unwritten ones.
Watch this week's episode of The Friday Show below:
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