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HARNESS TRACKS OF AMERICAExecutive NewsletterA daily fax and e-mail report on racing and gaming developments in North America and beyondStanley F. Bergstein, Editor October 17, 2005A VICTORY FOR GOV. CODEY We weren’t aware that they had, but if they did weA two-judge appeals panel in New Jersey has can guess at the answer: lack of transparency.spelled out the pecking order of political chess in Gertmenian has shrouded the doings of the Guildthe state. It ruled that a governor can capture a in secrecy. People have had enough of that thesequeen, not the other way around, and that a judge days. Maybe tomorrow’s hearing will pull asidecannot stop him from doing it. Gov. Richard Codey the curtains a bit. But don’t bet on it.had attempted to remove Linda Kassekert, the One hundred jocks are scheduled to show up forstate’s top casino regulator as chairwoman of the the hearing, packing the House to protest whatCasino Control Commission, from the Casino ReinvestmentDevelopment Authority board. The tee.”they call “the one-sided nature of the subcommit-Authority oversees distribution of millions of dollarsof casino revenue for development projects in A HEARING IN BOSTON, TOONew Jersey, and a state Superior Court judge issueda temporary injunction preventing Codey morrow in Boston to follow up on the Senate’s de-A House committee in Massachusetts meets to-from removing Kassekert. Codey appealed, and cisive approval of slots last week by a 26-9 vote,Judge Francine I. Axelrad, writing the decision for and Plainridge Racecourse is taking it seriously.the two-judge appeals panel, sustained his power. The track has cancelled its Tuesday racing card“The trial judge does not have the jurisdiction to so employees, fans and others can be heard in thereview and enjoin the final decision of the governor,”she wrote. Kassekert had clashed with the a.m. in the State House, and Plainridge is provid-halls of the legislature. The hearing begins at 9governor over the appointing of a former state ing free transportation to Boston for all interestedLabor Commissioner, Thomas Carver, to the positionof executive director of the Casino Rein-That’s interested!! Tomorrow’s cancelled card willparties. Buses will leave the track at 6:30 a.m.vestment Development Authority. Kassekert be made up with a special program this comingturned up a double loser. Carver has been appointedto the position, and she is off the authority early in Massachusetts.Saturday, with a 10 a.m. post time. They get upboard. She still can appeal to the state SupremeCourt.GERTMENIAN IN THE GLAREOut of the shadows and into the light comes L.Wayne Gertmenian, the president of the Jockeys’Guild. He is expected to testify tomorrow beforethe House Energy and Commerce Subcommitteeon Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Kentuckycongressman Ed Whitfield. The Guild, preparingfor a public performance by the controversialGertmenian, took the offensive, issuing a pressrelease asking, among other things, whytracks and their lobbyists pretendGertmenian is the source of the industry’sproblems.MESSENGER AT HARRINGTONHarrington Raceway hosts the 49th edition of theMessenger Stake for the second time tonight, andthe track is pulling out all the stops for the thirdleg of pacing’s Triple Crown for 3-year-olds. Aninvitational dinner for VIP friends of the racewaykicks off the event, with a cocktail party startingat 5 p.m. and a buffet dinner served from 6 to 8 ina weather-conditioned hospitality tent at the westend of the grandstand. The track is providing busshuttle service from the State Fair carnival parkinglot to the hospitality tent. Two well-matchedfields of six race in two $72,825 eliminations asthe 5th and 6th races, and the top eight returnfor the $218,745 final in the 10th race.
HARNESS TRACKS OF AMERICAExecutive NewsletterA daily fax and e-mail report on racing and gaming developments in North America and beyondStanley F. Bergstein, EditorSTRONG FEELINGS IN FLORIDAIf sentiments expressed in the Sun-Sentinel insouth Florida today are any indication, GeorgeBush is not the only family member losing publicsupport. His brother Jeb is catching it too,being called a hypocrite by columnist MichaelMayo. Writing about Bush’s duality -- the governorsaid he would like to see a special sessionof the legislature to implement slots in Browardand then an anti-slots amendment to repealthem, Mayo wrote, “A simple question for thegovernor and State Representative RandyJohnson, a Republican legislator who’s leadingthe crusade against slots: Why not push to banthe state lottery, too? Only a hypocrite couldpick on one without the other.” Broward countyresidents were unhappy, too. The paper quotedone as saying, “Why should we even vote? I’vevoted straight Republican all my whole life, butno more.” Mayo quoted Bruce Rogow, an attorneyrepresenting Broward county tracks, as saying,“If you or I violated a mandate such as this,we’d be in jail. It’s a slap in the face to the democraticprocess. If anything, they ought to repealthe lottery because it’s the worst bet in town.It targets the poorest and most vulnerable, promotesthe notion of striking it rich quick, andit’s the state that advertises and markets it.”Mayo wrote, “Funny, Bush doesn’t seem to haveany problems relentlessly growing the lottery,even though he says he’s opposed to the expansionof gambling in all forms. A hypocrite? Well,maybe just a little. Jeb Bush’s most recent pronouncementon issues involving gambling wasan admission that it was “inappropriate” for fourRepublican legislators to accept a $48,000 tripto Toronto from Magna Entertainment, whichowns Gulfstream Park. The Republican partyof Florida decided to pick up the tab, “in thehopes of sparing the four lawmakers apossible ethics problem” according tothe St. Petersburg Times.October 18, 2005A FAMILIAR NAME IN THE NEWSFrance is cracking down on illegal medication, anda nine-month undercover operation has resultedin the indictment of a leading thoroughbredtrainer, Yann-Marie Porzier, and his right handman, a Paris pharmacist, and Bernard Sainz,dubbed “Le Docteur Mabuse” after a bogus doctorportrayed in the 1932 Fritz Lang movie, TheTestament of Dr. Mabuse. Porzier blazed to prominencelast year with unexpected victories in bothflat and steeplechase racing. His stable at thegreat racing center at Chantilly was raided bypolice. A string of arrests and searches also wasmade in Normandy at the stable of Jean-PhilippeDubois, a trainer-driver well known in harnessracing circles in the United States. The prosecutorin the Normandy town of Alencon said numeroussubstances were seized during the Duboissearches and are being analyzed. The daily LeMonde reported, “The racing world is reeling,”saying horses have died in mysterious circumstances,tests have come back positive, and someperformances have been what the paper called“surprising.” Sainz, “Dr. Mabuse,” is involvedin the current scandal. He reportedly was jailedfor two months some years ago for practicingmedicine illegally, and for handling performanceenhancingsubstances. He was released on probationon condition he not leave France, but wasstopped for speeding in Belgium in 2002, and vialsof phamaceutical products were found in hiscar. He said he was driving to see Belgian cyclistFrank Vandenbroucke, and police then foundEPO, morphine and Clenbuterol atVandenbroucke’s home, and Sainz was jailed fora month for breaching probation.HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EDEd Decker, a longtime HTA director from LebanonRaceway in years past, celebrated his 95thbirthday yesterday. HTA sends its warmestgood wishes. Go for 100, Ed.
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