TBD adds Navarro to exclusion list
 

http://www.drf.com/news/tampa-bay-do...d-2013-14-meet

Jorge Navarro, a leading trainer in Florida and New Jersey who is currently serving a 60-day suspension, will be denied stalls at Tampa Bay Downs through next summer, and the track will not accept any of his entries during that time, the top official of the track said Tuesday.

Peter Berube, president of the track, said that the track decided to put the ban in place after Navarro accepted a 60-day suspension from the Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering last week. The suspension was based on six post-race positives for the regulated medication flunixin that were detected following races at Tampa Bay’s 2011-12 meeting, nearly 18 months ago.

Navarro is the second trainer that Tampa Bay has barred for the upcoming meet. In late September, Tampa barred another leading trainer, Jane Cibelli, when she accepted a 60-day suspension from the state after a veterinarian was caught administering a substance to a horse she trained on race day. The vet, Orlando Paraliticci, also has been barred.

Banamine :zz: of all the things to get 60 days for.

Makes no sense right... Since when did a banamine start moving horse up levels? Training would be easy if all you had to do was splash a little extra advil into the equation.

Al Capone wasn't just a tax evader

There is every chance I will steal that line in the future.

Pat Riley told me to trademark it but I dropped the ball

That's gold Chuck :D