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Thoroughbred Trainer O’Neill Suspended in TCO2 Violation

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Thoroughbred trainer Doug O’Neill has been handed a conditional 45-day suspension and a $15,000 fine as the result of a horse in his care racing in 2010 with an elevated level of total carbon dioxide.

In determining the penalty for the class 3 violation, the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) accepted the recommendation of a hearing officer following a seven-day hearing. Kirk Breed, CHRB executive director, will decide when the suspension will begin, but it will occur no sooner than July 1, 2012, according to a statement from the CHRB.

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HBO Responds to Racing Show Luck’s Real-Life Horse Fatalities

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Critics have already been effusive in their praise for Luck, the new HBO show created by David Milch. Executive produced by Michael Mann and by star Dustin Hoffman, the series sets out to expose the seedy underbelly of the thoroughbred racing scene.

But eagle-eyed viewers may notice one detail missing from the pilot episode, as well as one additional installment: the American Humane Association’s usual seal of approval certifying that “No Animals Were Harmed” during the filming of the show. Instead, those two episodes state merely that “The American Humane Association Monitored the animal action.”

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