I dont have time to read the full indictment. At least not now, but I'll save it and read it later if more is revealed.

To me the most troubling counts involved the larceny charges. The allegation is the clerks of scales commandered specific riding fees for the respective jockeys.
If they can prove retention of the riding fees by the clerks then the rest of the story has legs if the weigh in camera shows significant weight overages.

Everything I know about Baeza says this plan would be anathema to his character. If money motivated him he could have progressed further up the NYRA ladder in my estimation. They are gonna need solid evidence to change my mind upon that.

I"m also not convinced a couple of these jockeys had weight issues in the 7 to 15 pound range.


asfufh Wrote:
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> Their are dozens of counts in this document
> accusing Scalfoni and Baeza of Petit Larceny and a
> couple of Grand Larceny. In scanning the
> indictment very quickly, I noticed Count # 288
> (out of 291 total) charging Grand Larceny of $3000
> +. Also, I'm not a lawyer but all the larceny
> charges appear to cite a (unnamed) third party in
> cahoots with Scalfoni and Baeza.






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