The New York State Game Commission on December 12 rejected the hearing officer’s recommendation in two cases and imposed a $5,000 fine and 90-day license suspension for the coach and sportsman. gymnast Orlando Noda and a $2,500 fine and 30-day suspension for timekeeper Richard Gazer.
Noda was initially fined $5,000 in August 2021 for excessively hitting his horse during practice August 5, 2021 at Racecourse Saratoga.
Noda requested to stay and receive hearings on February 16 and March 28. On November 1, the hearing officer suggested in a report to the Commission’s secretary that the hearings be dismissed. accusations.
In a unanimous vote, the Commission rejected the recommendation, imposed a fine and suspension, added a 90-day suspension period, and ordered Noda to complete an anger management course as a condition of reinstatement. return.
The Gazer was cited in May for altering a horse’s training time and filed an appeal, leading to an August 15 hearing. Two months later, the hearing officer filed a report. petition to dismiss the allegations.
On Monday, the Committee also voted unanimously to overturn the hearing officer’s decision.
Gazer assumed that he did not change the actual duration of the job. He said that the time was changed from 1:04.60 for five long hairs to: 51.33 for four long hairs – that’s the exact time – so that the horse could meet the author’s request. product four long feathers in: 53 or faster to be able to remove it from a poor performance list.
