Fairmount Park Horse Race Under Scrutiny for Possible Cheating

Written by :

Ean Lamb

Published on :

28 July, 2013

A 70-year-old jockey may have been allowed to win a race at Fairmount Park in Illinois even though ultimately he did not.

Race officials expressed concern as to whether other jockeys were allowing Ra Cowboy Jones, who had not won a race in decades, to stay in the lead with My Kentucky Breeze.

Fairmount has not commented officially on the investigation.

If found culpable, jockeys would likely pay a small penalty.

- Ean Lamb, Gambling911.com

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