Fines and suspensions as reported to the USTA

There were a number of trainers who were fined and suspended from harness racing as reported from Racing Commissions in the USA to the USTA.

Jeffrey Marsh received a $2,000 fine and 30-day suspension as his horse, Just Call Me Song, was found positive for Nikerthamide. This took place on 11/15/23 at Bally’s Dover Downs, Delaware.

Trainer Tom Cancelliere’s two-year case over his horse, Ruthless Hanover, coming up positive for Aminocaprocic Acid back on 5/15/21 at the Meadowlands, has finally come to a close. Cancelliere’s $1,000 fine was upheld by an Administrative Law Judge after appeals and a stay.

Trainer Chris Dubois was fined $1,000 and suspended for 60-days as his horse, Maczaffair N, was found positive for TCO2 at Saratoga Raceway on 3/12/24.

Also having a TCO2 positive was trainer Billy Parker, Jr. at Monticello Raceway on 3/12/24 with the horse Highborn. Parker received a $1,000 fine and 60-day suspension.

Trainer Keith Torro received a $1,000 fine and a 30-day suspension when his horse, My Name Is Hairy, was found to be positive for the Class 3 drug, Minoxidil, at Freehold Raceway on 12/9/24.

Trainers Per Engblom and Patrick Lachance, both received stays in their pending fines and suspensions.

To view all the Judges reports in the USA to the USTA, click here.

by Steve Wolf, for Harnesslink