NEW YORK (AP) — Southern California-based trainer Doug O'Neill has been suspended 45 days and fined $10,000 by the New York State Gaming Commission after one of his horses tested positive for a banned substance after a race at Belmont Park in June 2013.
Under a settlement with the gaming commission, O'Neill's suspension begins Nov. 3 — two days after the Breeders' Cup is run at Santa Anita — and ends Dec. 18. The deal also calls for O'Neill to serve an additional 45 days if he incurs another violation involving a Class 1, 2 or 3 medication between now and Dec. 18, 2015, at any racetrack.
The Daily Racing Form first reported the settlement.
O'Neill said in a statement issued Wednesday night through his publicist that he wasn't in New York when the alleged infraction took place and he's confident that none of his employees or staff administered the substance. O'Neill says that as the trainer of record, he's taking responsibility for the positive test and he cares deeply for the horses under his supervision.
The drug Oxazepam, considered a Class 2 sedative with muscle-relaxing properties, was found in the post-race sample of Wind of Bosphorus, who won a $35,000 claiming race at Belmont on June 2, 2013.
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