Gaming Commission Rulings Database
| Licensee: ROSE M. RUSSO |
| Licensed As: OWNER-TRAINER |
| Notice Number: BR 18-2019 |
| Racing Type: Harness |
| Track: Buffalo Raceway |
| Notice Date: 04/03/2019 |
| Ruling Type: Fine & Suspension |
| Rule(s): 9 NYRCC §§ 4102.1, 4102.3, 4120.2 (m), 4120.4.(a), 4120.5 |
| Ruling Text: Rose M. Russo, (“Respondent”), as responsible trainer under 9 NYCRR § 4120.4(a), violated Commission rules in that a horse she trained, Cobble Beach, competed in the 10th race at Buffalo Raceway on March 2, 2019, and:
1. the horse had the substance methylprednisolone present in a race-day blood sample from the horse at a concentration in excess of 100 pg/ml (including an assessment of the measurement uncertainty and imprecision of the quantitative threshold) in plasma, as determined by the laboratory conducting tests for the commission and
2. the horse, having been administered methylprednisolone, was raced before testing below such threshold and being released to race by the presiding judge, in violation of 9 NYCRR § 4120.2(m).
Having appeared before a representative of the Commission and waived your right to an Appeal, you are hereby fined $1500 reduced to $750 and suspended for 15 days reduced to 7 days. Your horse Cobble Beach finished second is disqualified and the purse is to be redistributed.
During this period of suspension, YOU shall be denied the privilege and use of all grounds in New York state, and YOU are forbidden to participate or be entitled to any share of Purses. In addition, every horse you own, or Train shall be denied the Privilege of the ground and shall not participate in pari-mutuel racing. |
| Suspended: 04/01/2019 to 04/07/2019 (7 days) |
| Fined: $750.00 |
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