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Date Posted: October 10, 2007
Last Updated: October 10, 2007
Trainer Patrick Biancone will be able to continue working in Kentucky while he appeals a one-year suspension handed down earlier this month by the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority, the KHRA announced in a written statement.
The decision by James Robke, a hearing officer for the KHRA, came following an Oct. 10 hearing. The KHRA opposed granting Biancone's request for a stay of the suspension pending his appeal.
Kentucky state racing stewards ruled Oct. 3 that Biancone committed multiple violations of the Kentucky medication regulations. They ordered that Biancone be suspended for one year beginning Oct. 15.
Biancone appealed the stewards' ruling Oct. 9 and asked for a stay of the suspension during the appeal process. That request triggered the Oct. 10 hearing.