NJRC denies Meadowlands request to have Oakes’ Breeders Crown horses scratched
October 26, 2016,from the USTA Communications Department
Columbus, OH — Harnessracing.com is reporting that the New Jersey Racing Commission has denied a request from Meadowlands Racetrack asking that both Breeders Crown horses trained by Chris Oakes (Luck Be Withyou and Split The House) be scratched from this weekend’s finals for failing to cooperate with an agreed-upon surveillance and out-of-competition testing program.
According to the harnessracing.com story, at 5:39 p.m. Tuesday, Frank Zanzuccki, executive director of the New Jersey Racing Commission, advised the Meadowlands via e-mail that the “Commission does not have the legal authority to scratch a horse(s) already entered based on conditions imposed solely on one trainer by a racetrack operator. Therefore, your request to have these horses scratched must be denied.”
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- Meadowlands requests Oakes horses to be scratched from Breeders Crown (Tuesday, October 25, 2016)
The Meadowlands Racetrack has sent a formal request to the New Jersey Racing Commission asking to have both Breeders Crown horses trained by Chris Oakes to be scratched from this weekend’s finals for failing to cooperate with an agreed-upon surveillance and out-of-competition testing program.