Trainer Alison Escobar has filed an appeal and request for stay of suspension after Delaware stewards issued him a 60-day penalty. The suspension was issued because stewards say Escobar kept a horse in training on a tendon injury for months. Stewards also imposed a $2,500 fine against Escobar and required that he pass Delaware's trainer's test before his license may be reinstated.
According to bloodhorse.com, Escobar filed his appeal on Aug. 15.
Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission executive director Sarah Crane told bloodhorse.com that she will make a decision about whether or not to stay Escobar's suspension before its scheduled start on Aug. 19.
The suspension deals with the story of Ashiham, first scratched from a race at Tampa Bay Downs on April 21 due to heat and swelling in his left front flexor tendon, and caught continuing training while lame on the same leg at Palm Meadows on June 9 and at Delaware Park on Aug. 3.
In testimony before the stewards, Escobar stated the horse had never been seen by a veterinarian in Delaware – and as of the stewards' hearing on Aug. 11, more than a week after being ordered to seek an ultrasound, the horse had still not been seen by a private vet.
Read more at bloodhorse.com.
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