A grand jury in the Southern District of New York indicted 27 individuals on Monday in what federal prosecutors are calling a “widespread scheme to illegally dope racehorses.”
The most prominent name in the indictment is Jason Servis, a famed trainer whose stable includes Maximum Security, who crossed the finish line first at the 2019 Kentucky Derby but was disqualified for obstruction.
It brings into question whether Maximum Security had been given performance-enhancing drugs for that race.
“Jason Servis was a racehorse trainer who orchestrated a widespread scheme of covertly obtaining and administering adulterated and misbranded PEDs … to virtually all of the racehorses under his control,” the indictment reads.