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The Kentucky Derby, the oldest continuously held major sporting event in the United States, is celebrating its 150th anniversary on Saturday with a new $200 million paddock and a host of safety initiatives meant to curb the horse deaths that marred last year’s event. Revelers at Churchill Downs will be wearing colorful hats and sipping $22 mint juleps from souvenir glasses under the twin spires that stand sentry over this cathedral of horse racing. From the first Derby, won by Aristides in 1875, to this year’s race, one constant has remained. When the announcer declares, “And they’re off,” all involved with getting the top 3-year-old thoroughbreds in the country into the starting gate, from the owners to the trainers to the grooms, hold their breath and hope their horse will cross the finish line first.

Persons: Aristides, ” Organizations: Kentucky Derby, Derby Locations: United States, Churchill

We were cleared as we knew we would be.”HISA investigated the deaths at Churchill and Saratoga and concluded that several factors, including frequency of high-intensity exercise, likely contributed. Some of the horses who died received corticosteroid injections in their joints within 30 days of racing. At its center was a veterinarian and drug compounder named Dr. Seth Fishman, who bragged on wiretaps about “having a relationship with top trainers and top owners” in the horse racing world. “What I’m trying to say is anytime you give something to a horse, that’s doping. agent posing as a New Jersey racing official pulled samples from a group of horses and sent them to a Hong Kong laboratory considered one of the finest in the world.

Persons: ” Mr, Joseph, “, ” HISA, HISA, compounder, Seth Fishman, Dr, Fishman Locations: Churchill, Saratoga, Florida, New Jersey, Hong Kong

At the end of the day, unquestionably, you undermined the integrity of horse racing.”Mr. Servis, who was also ordered to pay $163,932 in restitution and a $30,000 fine, is to report to prison on Nov. 1. He addressed the court briefly during the hearing, which lasted more than two hours. He was sentenced to three years in prison for the felony charge and one year for the misdemeanor, to be served consecutively. Four years was the maximum sentence that Judge Vyskocil could have levied against Mr. Servis, 66, for the guilty pleas on the two counts. Before entering into the plea agreement, Mr. Servis could have faced up to 25 years in prison had he been convicted on charges of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.

Persons: Mr, Servis, Rita Glavin, I’ve, ”, Glavin, ” Mr, Vyskocil Organizations: Mr

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