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Licensee: KENNETH R. CROSS
Licensed As: OWNER-TRAINER-DRIVER
Notice Number: SR 98-2019
Racing Type: Harness
Track: Saratoga Gaming & Raceway
Notice Date: 12/15/2019
Ruling Type: Fine
Rule(s): 4102.1, 4120.2(i) 4102.3, 4120.4(a)(b), 4120.3(a)(17), 4120.2(m)
Ruling Text:
Kenneth Cross, as responsible trainer under 9 NYCRR § 4120.4(a), violated Commission rules in that a horse he trained, Ideal Camo, competed in the 2nd race at Saratoga Casino Hotel on October 19, 2019 and the concentration of methylprednisolone in the horse’s race-day blood sample exceeded 100 pg/ml, in violation of 9 NYCRR § 4120.3(a)(17).  Trainers shall maintain accurate records of all corticosteroid joint injections to horses trained by them. The record(s) of every corticosteroid joint injection shall be submitted, in a form and manner approved by the commission, by the trainer to the commission within 48 hours of the treatment. The trainer may delegate this responsibility to the treating veterinarian, who shall make these reports when so designated. The reports shall be accessible to the examining veterinarian for the purposes of assisting with pre-race veterinary examinations.  
 
 
 
 
Fined: $400.00

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