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Originally Posted by oracle80
Richi,
No racing board has any right at all to go after bank or phone records of any trainer.
Violation of a suspension IS NOT a criminal offense, not by a long shot.
This is the United States, and racing boards do not have rights that supercede those guranteed to all citizens.
Lets put it this way, if someone attempted to pull you over, and said they were with the CHRB, LOL!!!, they would be breaking the law.
They are not boards with the powers of Federal powers like the SEC. They have no authority whatsoever off the racetrack, none. And any attempt to breach the privacy of citizens off he track by attempting to acess their personal records would be met with lawsuits or arrests of the indivuals who attempted to illegally gain acess.
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As I just said, sometimes they will ask you to voluntarily turn over your bank records. If you refuse, then they may refuse to re-license you. At that point, you could sue them if you wanted to and the courts would decide. It usually doesn't get that far. The trainers will usually cooperate and turn over their bank records. What I'm telling you is straight from the horse's mouth. My friend was on the CHRB and they used to do this. I just got off the phone with him an hour ago and we talked about this in detail.