FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
East Rutherford, NJ – NOVEMBER 2, 2023
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the Hon. Mary Kay Vyskocil,
has entered Orders of Conviction for Seth Fishman and Lisas Gianelli each having been charged
as Defendants in the matter of United States v. Navarro, Docket No. 1:20-cr-00160-MKV– SDNY.
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York ,who
prosecuted these cases, announced at the time that Seth Fishman DVM received a sentence of 11
years in prison for his role at the helm of an approximately twenty-year scheme to manufacture,
market, and sell to racehorse trainers and others in the racehorse industry “untestable”
performance enhancing drugs for use in professional horseracing . Williams further announced
that Lisa Giannelli received a sentence of 42 months for her role in that scheme as she was
charged and prosecuted by his office arising from his Office’s multi-year investigation of the
abuse of racehorses through the use of performance enhancing drugs. Source:
www.justice.govPress Release of US Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York.
Among the volumes of evidence introduced by the US Attorney in the prosecution of these
cases are trial exhibits, offered in open court and now available to the public, which reveal the
identity of numerous persons who have purchased prohibited substances - BB3(EPO) or TB-7
Thymosyn(sp). Persons identified in the lists below and categorized under those substances,
are referenced in those trial exhibits released by the US Attorney SDNY office to the
Meadowlands at its request.
Also, as part of its investigation, the Federal government conducted its own collection of blood
and urine samples from racehorses, both post-race and from out of competition testing. Below
is a list under the category, Drug Positives Federal Investigation, identifying trainers whose horses
tested positive in those tests.
This remains a serious matter. Consequently, the Meadowlands is conducting its own internal
investigation given these revelations. And until that investigation is completed, the
Meadowlands has determined that all individuals listed below will be placed on the
Meadowlands exclusion list. Furthermore, to avoid any appearance of conflict or impropriety
regarding a horse’s eligible to stakes during the month of November in which horses owned by
Jeff Gural may race, the above exclusion will be effective as of December 1, 2023.
We believe this time frame will also allow owners, should they choose, an opportunity to change
trainers and/or horses in partnership with excluded owners. We anticipate the Meadowlands
investigation will be time consuming. We also expect that additional disclosures will be released, and if
so, where warranted, the Meadowlands will act on that information. We will also require that any change of
trainers or dissolution of any partnerships with excluded owners will require proof to the
satisfaction of The Meadowlands. We believe these steps are warranted per the revelations
from the above prosecutions and are necessary in the interest of the industry we all love and
wish to preserve.
BB3 (EPO)
TB-7 Thymosyn(sp)
Dylan Davis Ryan Bellamy
Nick Devita Anthony Buttitta
Gareth Dowse Frank Chick- Chick Harness
Jeff Gillis Jamen Davidovich
Brian Malone Eddie Dennis
John Mungillo Brady Galliers
Eric Prevost Rick Howles
Richard Silverman Anthony Lake
Leroy Slabaugh Betty Jean Davis Lare
Howard Taylor Kevin Lare
John Leggio
Greg McNair
Cynthia Milano
Anthony Napolitano
Howard Savage
Arthur Stafford
Trevor Stafford
Drug Positives Federal Investigation
Al Annunziata Propantheline (2
Jenn Bongiorno Ethamsylate (4)
Bob Bongiorno Ethamsylate
Scott DiDomenico Ethamsylate (2)
Jeff Gillis Ethamsylate
Nick Sodano, Sr. Cobalt
