LINCOLN, Neb.—Nebraska Racing Hall of Fame trainer David Anderson has been suspended for three years and fined $4,000 for allegedly racing two horses that had been injected with banned painkillers.
Two Anderson horses that finished second in their races at Horsemen’s Park in Omaha in July 2009 tested positive for oxycodone and oxymorphone.
Anderson was suspended and fined in Iowa in September for a similar infraction.
The Nebraska State Racing Commission handed down the suspension and fine on Friday.
Anderson declined to comment Saturday. His attorney, Mike Kelley, did not return a phone message left at his office.
Anderson, of Ashland, has been the dominant trainer on the state racing circuit for two decades. He was inducted into the state racing hall in 2008.
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Information from: Lincoln Journal Star,
