February 07, 2024
A New York trainer who admitted drugging horses so that the outcomes of their races could be fixed avoided prison Wednesday after a Manhattan federal judge credited his extensive cooperation with prosecutors to include testifying at two trials.
July 27, 2023
A notable racehorse trainer who pled guilty to administering a banned substance to his horses, including the famed Maximum Security, was sentenced Wednesday in New York federal court to four years in prison as part of a crackdown on doping in the industry.
January 25, 2023
A horse trainer who admitted to assisting a sweeping scheme to give racehorses performance enhancing drugs to gain an edge at the track was sentenced to more than five years in prison.
December 12, 2022
A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a Florida veterinarian to 10 months in prison Monday for injecting horses with adulterated and misbranded drugs while working with trainer Jorge Navarro, a prolific racehorse doper.
September 08, 2022
A former Delaware racetrack worker was sentenced to three and a half years in prison by a Manhattan federal judge Thursday for selling millions of dollars' worth of illegal performance-enhancing drugs that endangered horses and jockeys over 18 years.
September 02, 2022
The government has asked a New York federal judge to hand down the maximum sentence of 60 months in prison to Lisa Giannelli, who was convicted of administering performance-enhancing drugs to racehorses.
August 26, 2022
A former veterinarian's assistant convicted for her role in a widespread doping scheme that rocked the sport of horse racing asked a Manhattan federal judge to sentence her to probation, saying that unlike her co-conspirators she did not know what she was doing was wrong.
July 11, 2022
A former veterinarian was sentenced to 11 years in prison Monday after a Manhattan federal jury found him guilty of a nearly two-decade scheme to sell millions of dollars worth of homemade performance-enhancing drugs to elite racehorse trainers, including now-disgraced industry star Jorge Navarro.
May 09, 2022
A woman who federal prosecutors said distributed undetectable performance-enhancing drugs for professional racehorses has been convicted for her alleged role in a widespread and long-running doping scheme that rocked the sport two years ago.
February 24, 2022
A former Pennsylvania-based racehorse trainer was sentenced to nearly three years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to New York federal court charges over his role in once-renowned trainer Jorge Navarro's widespread doping scheme.