Thoroughbred owner Gerald Uvari and trainer Greg Martin were two of 17 people indicted on fraud and conspiracy charges Thursday in Manhattan federal court as part of an alleged multimillion-dollar illegal gambling operation that brokered more than $200 million in bets on horse racing and other sports and fixed a race at Aqueduct in 2003. It was not immediately clear whether any of the accused had entered pleas. The U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York reported that arraignments would be scheduled over the next few days. According to the indictment, Uvari ran the illegal gambling business along with his brother Cesare Uvari and Gerald Uvari's son Anthony Uvari. All three are described as being associates of the Gambino organized crime family.The indictment said one of Uvari's partners, David Applebaum, who formerly held a license as a Thoroughbred owner, participated in a scheme to fix a race at Aqueduct by what the indictment calls "horse doping." According to the indictment, Applebaum, Martin, and Rene Poulin, a harness trainer, devised and executed a plan to fix the first race at Aqueduct on Dec. 18, 2003, by giving the horse A One Rocket a performance-enhancing substance just prior to the race. The substance was not identified.>

Acccording to the Post the horse was tubed. Who is Marin's vet? Anyone surprised given some of his recent achievements? Bank Audit among others?
Now would be a good time for this house of cards to start to fall in on itself. There is some momentum to change the status quo with regards to doping. If you have a problem with it as a horseplayer - let yourself be heard in other forums. Offer an opinion to the DRF about the "silent" California positives. Derby 1592's fine post here about more aggressive testing would be a good place to start.

Mark