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INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Doug O'Neill, who trains Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner I'll Have Another, has been suspended a minimum of 45 days and fined $15,000 after one of his runners at Del Mar in 2010 tested in excess of the permitted level of total carbon dioxide. The penalty will not begin until July 1 at the earliest.
I'll Have Another is scheduled to start in the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park on June 9, in an attempt to sweep the Triple Crown.
The decision was released on Thursday by the California Horse Racing Board after the seven-person board met for more than two hours in a closed session at Betfair Hollywood Park.
O'Neill hinted that he may appeal the decision.
"I didn't know what to expect," he said. "I've got to know all my options and have to go through all of that."
O'Neill said he would take advisement from Paul Reddam, the owner of I'll Have Another.
O'Neill was suspended 180 days after Argenta, who finished eighth in the sixth race at Del Mar on Aug. 25, 2010, tested in excess of the permitted level of total carbon dioxide, 37 millimoles. But hearing officer Steffan Imhoff recommended that 135 days of the suspension be stayed contingent on O'Neill having no violations for medications listed in classes 1, 2, or 3 for an 18-month period.
[JAY PRIVMAN: Many layers to Derby-winning trainer O'Neill]
The board agreed with that decision, but has not announced a starting date for the 18-month probationary period. It was not clear on Thursday when the 45-day suspension period would begin, but racing board executive director Kirk Breed said in the statement that it will not begin before July 1.
O'Neill's case was heard by Imhoff in a seven-day hearing. During that hearing, Imhoff concluded that Argenta had not been "milkshaked," or given a concoction designed to boost stamina. Furthermore, Imhoff stated that there were no suspicious betting patterns to the race and "no evidence of any intentional acts on the part of O'Neill in connection with this incident," according to the racing board's statement.
Both the racing board and O'Neill had stipulated that tests conducted by the Ken Maddy Laboratory at the University of California at Davis showed an excessive amount of total carbon dioxide levels. Under the trainer insurer rule, in which the trainer is responsible for the well-being of horses in their care, O'Neill was found at fault, which led to the suspension and fine.
O'Neill served a 15-day suspension in 2010 after Stephen Got Hope tested in excess of the permitted level of total carbon dioxide after a seventh-place finish in the Hawthorne Derby at Hawthorne Racecourse.
[I'LL HAVE ANOTHER: Derby, Preakness winner runs for Triple Crown]
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Without the nasal strip he runs up the track at Belmont, just like Big brown id when taken off steroids. Lol
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Because of crapola like this : Charges of ' milkishaking ' and using nasal strips ...(really , not making this up ) too much Gatorade or alka-seltzer given to horses by their Trainers ) The CHRB and other Racing Venues , are painting an unfair picture of Horse Trainers ...actually causing some ill informed people, because of the phony railroading charges of milk shaking to further de-fame these Trainers by calling them : Shifty , Wall-street businessmen , Cheaters and the list goes on ....In Calif. Its hard to fill the cards anymore ...5 horse fields are norm , for GG..BFH ...etc....These , over zealous officials have ruined Horse Racing in Calif. ....
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Good job NYRA after the horse loses and such a shifty trainer. first of all, 90% of
The trainers will have or in the future try to cheat or get an advantage. This is
Not a West or East Coast issue. until we get a commissioner or the state boards
Put the hammer on any and all trainers, this will continue period.My family has
Raced for two decades against Pletcher, Baffert, Mullins, Dutrow, Assumusen.
they all have been nailed for a violation. ake it a 25,000 fines and 1 year and i
Bet it would stop some of the issues. But for NYRA to impose no Nasal Strip, they
are piling on. I keep hearing about this rule about nasal strips, please show me.
I do hop for the sport IHA wins but I guess it does not matter because the CHRB
Has already ruined the positive economics this would have on the game. If the
CHRB would of dealt with this last year the black cloud would not be over the
Biggest moment in horse racing the chance at the triple crown
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Listen, folks, let's cool down and reflect on the
funny aspects of this upcoming Belmont Stakes.
Possible quotes from Participants:
"I definitely think, when I'm trippin', that my super
horse Optimizer has a chance to win this". Sir Lukas.
"GQ sent me here to expose their fine clothing". Dandy Bob B.
"What, me cheat?" Straight As An Arrow Doug O'.
"If I had been sober at the time I would have preferred
REDDAM'S RED GOOFBALL over the unflaterring IHA". Paul.
"By any other name I'm still the best trainer". Doodnauth Shivmangal.
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seriously you idiots NOW???? even if this great horse wins the triple it will forever go down in history like this...YOUR TIMING IS just WELL no wonder horse racing is floundering!!!! USE YOUR FRICKIN HEADS CHRB
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Exuse me - we expect equine drugging to stop in a country where the humans are doped up with every kind of pharm from anti this to energize that? I'm not saying it's right but until we look at what we put in our own bodies, we'll think it's ok to put it in our horses, (dogs, cats etc) This story will pale compared to what will come out of the London this summer.
Most law cases take years - try even getting a quick divorce. hahaaa!
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James...thanks for the apology. This is, rightly so, a very heated and important issue. I don't think Doug O'Neil should be singled out any more than other trainers (Todd Pletcher, for example, with Left Bank at Saratoga some years ago)...but the whole medication issue and other nefarious practices (War Emblem and Bob Baffert) must be confronted ASAP before American racing is left in the dust.
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it's sad that such a great colt is having to deal with such a shifty trainer and i say trainer in terms that he is a wall street type businessman not a true horseman... he's a cheat.. he's been exposed to the world and that's that.... as a person who deals with this daily i get it.. GOOD JOB NYRA... too bad when IHA loses(and i hope for a crown winner) all that will be said is NYRA was jealous of a west coast trainer winning iin their back yard so they prevented it. when the realtiy is he may just get beat by a fresher horse and a more experienced jockey..i.e. UNION RAGS OR DULLAHAN....
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Agree with you about the more-than-suspicious post-start odds plummet...renders the entire proposition of finding and exploiting an overlay a joke in many instances....Destroys win wagering and slashes the value in all exotic propositions, especially verticals! Disagree with you about I'll Have Another.
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The IHA controversy, though highly
valid and important, pales when it is
compared to the greatest fraud which
is perpetrated EVERY DAY against
horse-racing gambling degenerates
like myself and countless others. The
bell rings, the gates open, "They are
off and Running" chimes the race caller.
You bet the # 3 nag at 5/1 one minute
before post. At the start your horse (#3)
breaks like gangbusters and is 1 length
ahead 15 feet from the start. Race ends.
Three wins easily. You check the final
totalisator board and you cannot believe
your eyes---the # 3 horse is 9/5! These
frauds occur daily. Until such time as ALL
BETTING stops when the first horse enters
his gate the Sharpies will bet for 1 to 3 seconds
after the gate opens and we all get you-know-what.
The entire horse racing industry is corrupt to the
core. Weanlings raised on steroids, flawed yearlings
sold to brainless new entrants with more money than
smarts for outrageous prices, cheating trainers, drugged
drunk or incompetent (or all three) backstretch employees
caring for costly horses, short fields, huge track takeouts,
inflated entrance, racing forms, and food prices. Good grief!
I just convinced myself Never To Bet Again!
At least until June 9, when I'll bet against the Nasal Wonderhorse.
So much for commonsense, rational sense, and will power.
Spoken as a true horse degenie!
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