Gaming Commission Rulings Database
| Licensee: DENNIS S. BUCCERI |
| Licensed As: OWNER-TRAINER-DRIVER |
| Notice Number: BR 28-2019 |
| Racing Type: Harness |
| Track: Buffalo Raceway |
| Notice Date: 04/29/2019 |
| Ruling Type: Fine & Suspension |
| Rule(s): 9 NYCRR § 4120.6(a)(1), 4120.6.(b) 4120.6.(c) |
| Ruling Text: On the premises of a licensed harness racetrack you, harness trainer Dennis Bucceri, although not a veterinarian and without written permission from the judges, possessed equipment usable for hypodermic injection or other infusion into a horse in violation of 9 NYCRR § 4120.6(a)(1), to wit, in your tack room in Barn F at Buffalo Raceway, on March 23, 2019, you possessed a substance in a bottle usable for such purpose, one syringe containing a liquid residue, four hypodermic needles, and another two hypodermic needles attached to syringes; and you also possessed a container that did not bear a veterinarian or prescription label, or one plainly stating the contents, in violation of 9 NYCRR § 4120.6(c), to wit, two containers with unlabeled contents that included Thyroxine.
You are hereby fined $750 and suspended 45 days, which is reduced from $1,500 and 60 days for having waived your right to an appeal.
During the period of suspension, you shall not directly or indirectly participate in the New York State pari-mutuel horse racing, you shall be denied the privileges and use of the grounds of New York State racetracks, and you shall be forbidden to participate in any share of purses. In addition, every horse shall be denied the privileges of the grounds and shall not participate in pari-mutuel racing (1) that is owned or trained by you during your period of suspension, (2) that is owned or trained by any individual who continues to serve as your agent or employee during your period of suspension, or (3) for which you directly or indirectly make or execute, during your period of suspension, any arrangements with an owner or other person to care for, train, enter in a race, invoice, collect fees or other payments related to employ workers for, or otherwise handle. This shall not preclude your pre-suspension agents or employees, who are not serving as such during your suspension period, from participating in pari-mutuel racing as owners or trainers provided that they are duly licensed and perform their duties in compliance with the rules and regulations of the State of New York. |
| Suspended: 04/28/2019 to 06/11/2019 (45 days) |
| Fined: $750.00 |
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