Five horsemen suspended in Michigan
May 25, 2010,by Paul Ramlow, USTA Internet News Manager
Columbus, OH — The Michigan Gaming Control Board has suspended five horsemen as part of a probe into race-fixing at harness tracks across the state, according to a story in the Detroit Free Press.
The horsemen suspended were Donald Currier Jr., Donald Harmon, Wally McIlmurray, John Moody and Richard Ray.
“They have no ability to race or participate in any of our regulated races in Michigan,” Rick Kalm, executive director of the Michigan Gaming Control Board, told the Free Press.
Kalm said the suspensions were handed down Friday after a meeting of stewards and run through the end of the year, though they could be extended, cut short or canceled depending on the outcome of a state police investigation.
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