Columbus, OH — U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel recently denied a motion in a New York federal court to dismiss the indictment, “which lists one count each against Dr. Louis Grasso, a veterinarian; Donato Poliseno, owner of a Delaware veterinary supply business; and harness trainers Rene Allard, Richard Banca, and Thomas Guido III who are charged with conspiracy to adulterate and misbrand performance-enhancing drugs used in harness racing,” according to an online story on the BloodHorse website.

In addition, Judge Castel “ordered government prosecutors to provide defense counsel a Bill of Particulars.”  The scope of the particulars, released on Monday by the U. S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, covers a wide swath.

Among victims named as objects of the conspiracy in the particulars are the U.S. Trotting Association and “30 racetracks from Batavia Downs to Harrah’s Philadelphia to Northfield Park to Red Mile to Tioga Downs to Yonkers Raceway and all points between; and 19 state and provincial racing and/or gaming commissions located in Ontario (two of them), the Atlantic Provinces of Canada, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia.”

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