180 days, $5,000 for throwing object on the racetrack

According to the United States Trotting Association Fines and Suspensions, Mark Toth of Farmington, NJ, a NJRC harness racing licensee, has been suspended for 180 days and fined $5,000 for throwing an object at the horses as they were coming to the finish in a race at The Meadowlands on April 1, 2022. It was not known as of press time if Mr. Toth was appealing the ruling.

View Fines and Suspensions for the week of June 10, 2022, as reported to the USTA by racing commissions in the United States.

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