The NYS Gaming Commission says 5-year-old Renaldo N was killed in the 7th race at Yonkers Monday. The dead horse’s exploiters: Shane Tritton, Lauren Tritton.
In the weekly harness rulings, this for driver Justin Vincent at Shenandoah Downs May 2: “Driver Justin Vincent was found to have a blood-alcohol concentration exceeding the limit permitted under Virginia Racing Commission regulations during routine breathalyzer testing. As a result, Mr. Vincent was removed from all programmed drives and is hereby assessed a fine of $250.”
Besides the obvious here – a drunk harness driver – why is any amount of alcohol in the system “permitted”? Speechless.
Who knows what the horses have been injected with? The people who participate in harness racing do not have to answer to the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority or the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit.
I’m not confident that the diehards would be so squeaky clean that they would not stoop to doping their harness racing horses at Yonkers or any other harness racing track in any state.