Biancone: 1 year suspension

[ELA]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

A lawyer will say anything to get his client off...but I find his anti-KHRA stance ironic in many ways...

I agree wholeheartedly.

As a side note/question -- does anyone know what the KHRA rules are on this violation, if in fact they have any?

Eric

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by ELA

I agree wholeheartedly.

As a side note/question -- does anyone know what the KHRA rules are on this violation, if in fact they have any?

Eric

They (KHRA) only show you the rules when you break them

[ELA]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

They (KHRA) only show you the rules when you break them

So does anyone other than Biancone, his attorney(s), etc. know whether or not he was eligible for a much longer and/or more severe suspension, penalty, etc.? I would think not. That too is part of the problem here.

Eric

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by ELA

So does anyone other than Biancone, his attorney(s), etc. know whether or not he was eligible for a much longer and/or more severe suspension, penalty, etc.? I would think not. That too is part of the problem here.

Eric

Call the KHRA and ask for a rulebook. See what they tell you.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Call the KHRA and ask for a rulebook. See what they tell you.

Hummm .... if there is no "official place of publication or notification" that horsemen are responsible for accessing in order to be aware of current rules and rule changes, seems a technical thing a lawyer could exploit to advantage.

[Danzig]

i was reading the drf article about teuf, and this gem was underneath:

Biancone off to slow start

Trainer Patrick Biancone was handed a one-year suspension for medication violations by the Kentucky stewards just hours before the meet began Friday, and things didn't get any better once the races began. Biancone went winless with his first 12 starters over the three-day opening weekend, including a rash of beaten favorites in major races.
Biancone runners were favored and lost in four of the FallStars Weekend features: Irish Smoke in the Darley Alcibiades, Baroness Thatcher in the Thoroughbred Club of America, Lady of Venice in the First Lady, and Nownownow in the Bourbon.

Still, Biancone had three seconds from the weekend, notably with Slew's Tiznow in the Lane's End Breeders' Futurity and Cosmonaut in the Shadwell Mile. Stable earnings for the meet were $316,278 going into Wednesday.

Biancone has appealed his suspension with the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority. Among his alleged violations is possession of cobra venom, a prohibited Class A substance that can act as a powerful painkiller.

Biancone, the leading trainer at the 2006 fall and 2007 spring meets at Keeneland, wasn't the only trainer to go winless with a slew of starters on opening weekend, as Ken McPeek, who enjoyed a terrific spring meet here, went 0 for 17. The leading trainer is Bill Mott with four wins, followed by Christophe Clement with three.

[Pedigree Ann]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i was reading the drf article about teuf, and this gem was underneath:

Biancone off to slow start

Trainer Patrick Biancone was handed a one-year suspension for medication violations by the Kentucky stewards just hours before the meet began Friday, and things didn't get any better once the races began. Biancone went winless with his first 12 starters over the three-day opening weekend, including a rash of beaten favorites in major races.
Biancone runners were favored and lost in four of the FallStars Weekend features: Irish Smoke in the Darley Alcibiades, Baroness Thatcher in the Thoroughbred Club of America, Lady of Venice in the First Lady, and Nownownow in the Bourbon.

False favorites, at least a couple of them. Smoke Glacken over Gilded Time does not a 2-turn Polytrack horse make.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Riot

Hummm .... if there is no "official place of publication or notification" that horsemen are responsible for accessing in order to be aware of current rules and rule changes, seems a technical thing a lawyer could exploit to advantage.

ignorance of the law is no excuse


at least, that's what thay say when someone is arrested. maybe it applies here as well.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by ELA

I agree wholeheartedly.

As a side note/question -- does anyone know what the KHRA rules are on this violation, if in fact they have any?

Eric

See post #3 in this thread, which is the link to the RMTC model rules (that KY has adapted) - lists drug classes and suggested penalties. Then search KY.gov for other specific racing rules.