An appellate panel in Albany yesterday upheld a ruling that bars Kentucky Derby and Preakness-winning trainer Richard Dutrow from the sport for 10 years because of doping allegations. The Appellate Division, Third Department, said “substantial evidence” supports the charges brought against Dutrow by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board, and rejected his arguments that a member of the board’s disciplinary panel was biased and that the penalty was unduly harsh.
Dutrow’s license was revoked for 10 years and he was fined $50,000 after a search of his desk at the Aqueduct Racetrack yielded hypodermic needles containing Xylazine, a muscle relaxer and analgesic, and a horse he was training, Fastus Cactus, tested positive for the painkiller Butorphanol after winning a race in 2008.
