Thanks Dan.
Poor horse.
Yes, after being disqualified from his Inter consolation win, Cantfindabettorman came out and won at Melton when resuming tonight
Greg Sugars was a Champion harness racing person
https://harnesslink.com/canada/leadi...-a-40000-fine/
“The AGCO will not tolerate doping in Ontario’s horse racing industry,” noted Dr. Karin Schnarr, Registrar and CEO of the AGCO. “This case underscores our unwavering commitment to protecting the integrity of the sport and the welfare of horses. Any attempt to cheat the system and use performance-enhancing drugs is a serious breach of trust and the AGCO will hold offenders accountable.”
Cheating should NOT be tolerated anywhere in racing!!! 10 years sounds good to me . If they gave 10 years to every convicted drug cheat , maybe it would or could stop . But I doubt it .
That fine is rather small for the 10years , but he may not have any money coming in for a while .
Last edited by trish; 05-25-2025 at 12:28 PM.
Hey Trish
Have you been following along with what preceded this? Someone has got their hands on the FBI files from a few years back. Maybe handed to them. That person now slowly publishing the info. Includes phone taps and bit more than just a client list as before... but what they bought. Think Gillis just the tip of the iceberg. AGCO acted because they were forced to as so many people contacted them saying "WTF". And now USTA do same. Not sure if it's fact but apparently both already had all the information and chose before to do nothing. Only because it's been made public and they've been barraged with msgs that they have this time. Bigger fish to fry I believe from what I've read.
Nothing surprising here really. I would hope that if any of our state bodies became aware of widespread cheating we would hear about it BUT I would not stake my life on it - no code can afford a reputation hit
Greg Sugars was a Champion harness racing person
No I did not know what preceded this Paul.Originally Posted by Toohard
But I do feel , that if we had the FBI here , 20 or 30 years ago , harness would be thriving .
"BUT"
Your funny Kev .
TERRAGONG SWINGER $ 3,672 Fr3 3 Nathan Turnbull Jett Turnbull
Owner(s): G W (Greg) Bennett
PP noticed this & I did too looking at results the other day .
So Greg Bennett is not disqualified ??
Name Rule Appeal Decision Date Term Appeal Decision Decision
Greg Bennett Licence Application 15/08/2024 No Jurisdiction
He used to drive some of our horses & he was one of the very best .
Parkes 6th June Race 7.
A shocking drive on basically an equal favourite.
Does anybody know if this has been acted on? I have not seen anything.
It was and is now not listed in the summary for "Adjourned Inquiries" in the stewards report. Wouldn't like to think they're trying to sweep it under the carpet. Driver a Turnbull, the blue-eyed boy, the next big thing.
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YANNICK GEE -Pre-race blood test. An Inquiry was opened into the tactics adopted by driver Jett Turnbull, of particular concern to the stewards was his decision to move from a position outside the leader to a position behind the leader approaching the 500 metres, and as a result was ultimately held up over the concluding stages. After a body of evidence was taken from Mr Turnbull the inquiry was adjourned to a date to be fixed. Driver Jett Turnbull was issued a reprimand under rule 163(1)(a)(ii) for jostling, in that approaching the 150 metre mark he engaged in a jostle with CHASIN YOU and was unsuccessful.
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