Florida Investigation: Vet Said Cibelli Told Him ‘Keep Me Out of It’
Orlando Paraliticci sat in his Honda Odyssey, a nervous wreck. Only minutes before, he had been caught by a Tampa Bay Downs official injecting a pain-blocking agent into a horse's right foreleg hours...
View ArticleReport: Tampa Bay Downs Bans Navarro for 2013-2014 Meet
Trainer Jorge Navarro, who is currently serving a 60-day suspension given by the Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering, will be denied stalls at Tampa Bay Downs through June 2014, reports the Daily...
View ArticleFlorida: Agency Draws Ire for not Enforcing Tougher Rules at Racetracks
The Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering has come under fire from many of the state's legislators for not enforcing many of the rules it put into place itself regarding several of the state's...
View ArticleCourt Affirms Florida Regulators Erred on Barrel Racing License
In a short opinion issued today, February 7, 2014, the First District Court of Appeal (“First DCA”) affirmed last year's lower court ruling that Florida pari-mutuel regulators' licensing of...
View ArticleNew ‘Racetrack’ Opens in Central Florida
Even as Florida lawmakers declared gambling expansion to be a “dead issue” last week, it ironically expanded Monday in South Marion County, thanks to Florida regulators issuing a license for more...
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Florida Sham: ‘Racetrack’ a Mockery of the State and Sport
A day of racing at Oxford Downs near The Villages retirement community in South Marion County in Florida would be funny if it weren't so sad. But sad, indeed, is the state of pari-mutuel regulations in...
View ArticleGulfstream Open to Return of Thoroughbreds to Hialeah
Many fans have been asking if and when Hialeah Park might have Thoroughbreds leaving its gates again–especially now that Gulfstream and Calder have worked out a deal to coordinate meets. According a...
View ArticleReport: Top Gulfstream Trainer Ziadie Could Lose License
According to a Daily Racing Form report, 2015 top Gulfstream Park trainer Kirk Ziadie may not be able to continue training in Florida this summer because of a license issue. Per an email to the Paulick...
View ArticleZiadie Fighting Denial of License in Florida
Trainer Kirk Ziadie is fighting an Aug. 26 decision by the Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering to deny his occupational license application because of what the regulatory agency said were three...
View ArticleChain Of Custody Procedures Lead To Order Reinstating Ziadie’s Florida License
An administrative law judge has recommended that trainer Kirk Ziadie's license renewal – which was denied in August by the Florida Department of Business Regulation's Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering...
View ArticleKirk Ziadie Faces Six-Year Ban For Multiple Clenbuterol Positives
An administrative law judge in Florida has recommended trainer Kirk Ziadie be suspended six years and fined $18,000 for 18 medication violations over a 2 1/2-year period from July 2012 to December...
View ArticleGulfstream Track Vet Marquis Fined For Failure To Cooperate With State...
Dr. Patricia Marquis, the attending track veterinarian for Gulfstream Park, has been fined $250 for failure to fully cooperate with investigative staff employed by the Department of Business &...
View Article‘I Just Hope Everything Can Work Its Way Out’: Ziadie Granted Stay Of...
Embattled trainer Kirk Ziadie has been granted a stay of a six-year suspension that had been given in December by the Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering. The Daily Racing Form reports that a...
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Vitali Case Gives Congressional Horse Caucus Real-Life Example Of Broken System
It's time for the Congressional Horse Caucus members to go on a field trip. May I suggest they take a break today from their hard work at the U.S. Capitol and make the short drive up the...
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Report: Vitali Can’t Run His Horses At Maryland Jockey Club Tracks
According to a published report, trainer Marcus Vitali will not be permitted to race horses at Laurel Park in Maryland after voluntarily relinquishing his occupational license in Florida, which allowed...
View ArticleMaryland Gives Vitali Green Light After Trainer Reapplies For Florida License
The Maryland Jockey Club has begun accepting entries again from Marcus Vitali after the trainer began the process of reapplying for the Florida license he voluntarily relinquished last month, a move...
View ArticleAfter Spike In Violations, Florida HBPA Seeking ‘Fix’ Of New Medication Rules
Twenty-one of the 50 trainers with the most starts at the 2015-16 Gulfstream Park championship meeting were served with administrative complaints for medication violations since new regulations went...
View ArticleRitvo: Stronach Tracks Bar Vitali, Hunter From Entry Box
Trainer Marcus Vitali, currently serving a 120-day suspension for multiple medication violations in Florida, has been told by officials with The Stronach Group – owners of Gulfstream Park in Florida,...
View ArticleWhen Is A Horsemen’s Organization Not Really A Horsemen’s Organization?
Traditional horsemen's organizations, along with the spirit of the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 – which gives horse owners approval rights on the export of simulcast signals – are under fire in...
View ArticleNess Begins 100-Day Suspension For 2012-’14 Clenbuterol Violations
Trainer Jamie Ness began serving a 100-day suspension on Feb. 19 for multiple Class 3 medication violations in Florida from December 2012 through April 2014. The suspension and $4,800 fine were for 12...
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