Kentucky Derby Trainer Pleads Guilty to Horse-Doping Charges

December 9, 2022, 8:30 PM UTC

The trainer of a horse that won the 2019 Kentucky Derby but was later disqualified admitted he participated in an international doping ring.

Jason Servis entered a guilty plea Friday in federal court in Manhattan to two charges related to distribution of adulterated and misbranded drugs. He’s the highest-profile defendant to plead guilty in a federal investigation into horse-doping that has ensared more than two dozen people.

Jason Servis, center, after the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in 2019.
Photographer: Rob Carr/Getty Images

The son of a jockey who rose through the ranks of the sport, Servis seemed to hit a career peak when the horse he trained, Maximum Security, crossed the finish line first ...

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