Excessive whipping gets driver $1,000 fine

Harness racing driver Chris Presley at Miami Valley Raceway was fined $1,000 and received a five-day suspension for excessive whipping during a race. The expensive fine is the due to numerous whipping violations.

View Fines and Suspensions for the week of February 3, 2023, as reported to the USTA by racing commissions in the United States.

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