Racing ParxTrainer Penny Pearce, suspended for 1,950 days and fined $23,500 by Pennsylvania administrators August 29 after six out-of-competition tests found clenbuterol in her horses, will appeal the measures. that punishment, attorney Alan Pincus said on September 2. A Pincus pause would also be required.
The extended suspension is scheduled to begin on September 11 and will keep Pearce out of racing for about five years and four months through January 12, 2028.
Clenbuterol is a drug that can be used therapeutically to assist horses with respiratory difficulties but because it also has similar muscle growth properties to anabolic steroids, many regulators and schools racing has banned or restricted its use.
In addition to the clenbuterol-positive results from samples taken on June 22, a search of her locker room by investigators revealed “needles, syringes, and subcutaneous substance,” according to the ruling. .
On June 25, a few days after a search of her barn and testing took place in Pennsylvania, Pearce was suspended for 15 days and fined $500 by managers in New Jersey after one of the Her horse tested positive for clenbuterol after winning her first race on May 29 at Monmouth Park.
The six Parx Racing horses that showed the presence of clenbuterol in their systems were Call me GQ, Market Maven , naughty Jones , Musamaha , Relativlea and an unnamed horse.
In addition to heeding Pearce’s plea and request to stay, Pincus declined to immediately comment on the Pennsylvania ruling.
