According to the Parquet of Aix-en-Provence, an inquiry open ten months ago has “allowed to reveal many equine doping and horse racing manipulation facts as part of a concerted organization” .
Le Monde with AFP
Six people, including “coaches and veterinarians”, were indicted after a vast tutorial Tuesday in the world of horse racing, suspected of doping and manipulation of races, announced the parquet of Aix -En-Provence Thursday, December 9.
Contact by the France-Press agency (AFP), the floor did not specify how many members of the Rossi family – horse coaches implanted in the Bouches-du-Rhône, in the village of Calas, at Thirty kilometers north of Marseille, and well known in the world of hippism – were part of the indicned people.
Eleven people in total have been placed in custody by the police officers of the Central Racing and Games (SCCJ), as part of a judicial information open in September in Aix-en-Provence for “strip scam organized and administration with the horses of substances likely to artificially modify their abilities “: among them, Frédéric Rossi, his nephews Cédric and Charley, and the wife of the latter, Jessica Marcialis, a jockey, the first woman in France to have won A group race 1.
Fifteen people arrested in all
According to the Press Release of Aix-en-Provence, which evokes “a matter of magnitude concerning thirty races”, an inquiry open ten months ago has already “allowed to reveal Very many equine doping and manipulation of horse racing, as part of a concerted organization “.
The investigators suspect several jockeys to have in fact “retained” their thoroughbred not to gain some races and raise their rating for the following races.
The six indicted individuals have been placed under judicial review, with prohibition from appearing in racetracks and training centers and prohibition of practice related to horse racing.
In total, fifteen people were arrested on Tuesday, as part of the net triggered by the CSCJ, a specialized service of the Central Directorate of the judicial police. And several people working with the Rossi – veterinary family, jockeys or preparers – were auditioned.