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Sciacca Returns After 120-Day Suspension

Gary Sciacca was permitted to begin training horses in New York March 18 after serving a 120-day suspension under the trainer-responsibility rule.

 Thursday, March 20, 2008

Sciacca Gets 120-Day Suspension

New York-based trainer Gary Sciacca was suspended 120 days by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board, effective Nov. 19, for his connection to the administration of a prohibited substance on race day to one of his horses in 2003.

 Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Bill Place, Wollaston Bay in Bay Shore Rubber Match

Bill Place and Wollaston Bay, who have traded stakes victories in New York both times they ran against each other, meet again in Saturday's $150,000 Bay Shore (gr. III) for 3-year-olds at Aqueduct.

 Wednesday, April 04, 2007

N.Y. Trainer Sciacca Hit With 120-Day Ban

Thoroughbred trainer Gary Sciacca was suspended for four months and two of his employees and a Belmont Park veterinarian were handed stringent penalties Wednesday by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board over milkshaking charges stemming from last year.

 Wednesday, September 22, 2004

NY Turf Opener Draws Solid Field

Spring has officially sprung as the first New York turf stakes of the season will be run Saturday, April 24 at the Big A.

 Thursday, April 22, 2004

Lunar Sovereign Shoots to Man o'War Win

Darley Stable's Lunar Sovereign, guided by Richard Migliore, unleashed an explosive move while wide on the final turn and rolled on to a 2 3/4-length win in the $500,000 Man o'War (gr. IT) at Belmont Park Saturday.

 Sunday, September 07, 2003

Sciacca, Others Appeal Suspensions

Trainer Gary Sciacca, assistant Paul Barone and groom Oscar DeLeon on Monday all appealed suspensions for an alleged milkshake incident at Belmont Park.

 Tuesday, August 12, 2003

Dawn of Condor Springs Knickerbocker Upset

Rich Meadow Farm's Dawn of the Condor came up the rail under jockey Jorge Chavez on Saturday to win the 1 1/8-mile $150,000 Knickerbocker Handicap (gr. IIT) for 3-year-olds on Aqueduct's yielding turf course before a crowd of 5,755.

 Sunday, November 03, 2002

New York Trainers Fined, Suspended for Positives

Three trainers have been suspended and fined in New York for drug positives, two for lidocaine, a topical anesthetic that produced two positives in Kentucky earlier this year.

 Tuesday, September 10, 2002