Suspension This Week

[dinkadoo]

If anyone has RTN or something and can watch this replay ---

This was a condition for NW / 1 or $10k lifetime......

If this isn't the definition of stiffing -- then strike the word from the dictionary....

hmmmm - he grabbed in, and once he knew he couldn't win the race anymore - he started chasing and just missed finishing second..

Was he stiffing to not win and move out of condition ?? Was he trying to let the winner from the #5 hole who was 8-1 ML bet down to 7-2


BAIRD, JACOB C MT BLANCHARD, OH YOB 2003
Nfld on 2/7/2024 FINED: $500
DRIVING - 45 DAYS, 2/14/2024 THRU 3/29/2024
UNSATISFACTORY DRIVE -LACK OF EFFORT
While driving #4 Extra Crunchy in race 11 on 2/7/24 he did rein in before the finish and
failed to use his utmost exertion to obtain a winning performance from his horse. His action
was against the best interest of racing. Mr. Baird had a hearing with the judges on 2/13/24.
He is hereby fined $1000 and suspended from driving for 90 days. The penalty will be
reduced to a fine of $500 and 45 days driving suspension if not appealed

[HarnessFan1981]

Not on the suspension list for this week but

Positive test- post race
Horse:
MON AMOUR
Pharmaceuticals:
Meprobamate (Class 2), Oxycodone (Class 1) ,
Carisoprodol (Class 2)
Additional Details:
New Jersey Racing Commission (NJRC) licensee Per Engblom was the programmed trainer of the horse "Mon Amour" when he raced in the 6th race at the Meadowlands Racetrack on April 29, 2023 and finished in first place.
Following this race, "Mon Amour" was selected to submit post-race blood and urine samples for analysis. A report from Industrial Laboratories identified the presence of Oxycodone, Carisprodol and Meprobamate, a metabolite of Carisprodol.
At Mr. Engblom's request, split sample testing was performed at Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, which is an approved independent laboratory.
These testing results did confirm the presence of Oxycodone, Carisprodol and its metabolite Meprobamate.
This is in direct violation of the rules and regulations of the New Jersey Racing Commission. An adminsitrative hearing was conducted on December 6, 2023 in the Judges office at the Meadowlands Racetrack to accept evidence and testimony regarding this matter. As a result of this hearing, the Board of Judges have determined that NJRC licensee Per Engblom was the programmed trainer of the horse "Mon Amour when he raced in the 6th race at the Meadowlands Racetrack on April 29, 2023 and the presence of these prohibited substances is in direct violation of N.J.A.C. 13:71-23.1, and N.J.A.C. 13:71-23.6. As a trainer licensed by the NJRC, Mr. Engblom is the absolute insurer of and responsible for the condition of a horse within his care and custody and shall not enter or start a horse that has in its body any drug or substance foreign to the natural horse. As a result of the evidence and testimony presented at the administrative hearing held on December 6, 2023 regarding the post-race positive test from the horse "Mon Amour" for the drug Oxycodone on April 29, 2023, Mr. Engblom is hereby issued a full suspension of his NJRC license for a period of one year (365 days). Said suspension shall begin on March 15, 2024 and run through March 14, 2025 inclusive.
Fined: $ 6,000
• Full suspension - 380 days:
03/15/2024 - 03/29/2025

[shotgunner]

If anyone has RTN or something and can watch this replay ---

This was a condition for NW / 1 or $10k lifetime......

If this isn't the definition of stiffing -- then strike the word from the dictionary....

hmmmm - he grabbed in, and once he knew he couldn't win the race anymore - he started chasing and just missed finishing second..

Was he stiffing to not win and move out of condition ?? Was he trying to let the winner from the #5 hole who was 8-1 ML bet down to 7-2


BAIRD, JACOB C MT BLANCHARD, OH YOB 2003
Nfld on 2/7/2024 FINED: $500
DRIVING - 45 DAYS, 2/14/2024 THRU 3/29/2024
UNSATISFACTORY DRIVE -LACK OF EFFORT
While driving #4 Extra Crunchy in race 11 on 2/7/24 he did rein in before the finish and
failed to use his utmost exertion to obtain a winning performance from his horse. His action
was against the best interest of racing. Mr. Baird had a hearing with the judges on 2/13/24.
He is hereby fined $1000 and suspended from driving for 90 days. The penalty will be
reduced to a fine of $500 and 45 days driving suspension if not appealed

Looks pretty bad from that angle. If the head on shot didnt show the horse diving in and having to be steered back out to be able to clear then he for sure deserved the suspension. Cant chase one right handed while they're trying to run in.

[dinkadoo]

First time I watched it I tried to give benefit of the doubt - maybe running in.  But he drove on the horse 3 wide in the turn. Grabbed in - then 50 feet from wire and the winner clear he went onto driving thru the wire.

Plus the fact they had a hearing which it looked like he appeared - they slap a 90 day suspension - that’s pretty stiff.

I’ve commented on other topics over the years - these condition races are hard to play when you have to contend with trainer/driver intentions.

[Parked]

If when a driver does not try to win it is driving in a manner inconsistent with a winning effort is a juicer trainer guilty of the same thing when he skips the drugs one week