Check out the USTA list today... Totally made my day reading this! BUSTED!!!!!
https://ustrottingnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rulings_05302025a.pdfWAGNER, JOHN W CENTERVILLE, MD YOB 1956
USTA on 5/29/2025 INELIGIBLE(INE) AS OF 5/29/2025
USTA MEMBERSHIP ACTION
On May 28, 2025, while under investigation by the USTA and Standardbred Racing
Investigative Fund (SRIF), John Wagner requested the cancellation of his USTA
membership. The USTA is declaring John Wagner ineligible for membership for violations
of USTA Rule 26.06 (Fraudulent Misconduct by Member), USTA Rule 7.01 (Bona Fide
Owner or Lessee), and USTA Rule 20.07 (Conspiracy to Commit Violation of Rules).
Evidence gathered in an investigation overseen by SRIF established that John Wagner’s
daughter, Kelsey Wagner, acted as a fictitious owner on behalf of her parents, John and
Pamela Wagner. Standardbreds were registered in Kelsey’s Wagner’s name to establish a
fraudulent ownership arrangement in response to John Wagner’s unapproved medication
violations and resulting suspension and Pamela Wagner’s related disqualification by state
regulators. John and/or Pamela Wagner were, in every relevant respect, the actual owners
of the horses registered in Kelsey Wagner’s name. John Wagner, individually and in
concert with others, fraudulently and corruptly effected a false registration with respect to
Standardbred horses transferred to Kelsey Wagner, in violation of USTA Rule 20.06.
Horses that raced while registered in Kelsey Wagner’s name did not do so in the name of
the bona fide owner, who in some instances was John Wagner, in violation of Rule 7.01.
John, Kelsey, and Pamela Wagner entered an agreement to violate USTA Rules 20.06 and
7.01 and each engaged in multiple acts in furtherance of this agreement/conspiracy
WAGNER, KELSEY A FAIRFAX, VA YOB 1991
USTA on 5/29/2025 FINED: $217,500
INDEFINITE SUSPENSION(IND) AS OF 5/29/2025
USTA MEMBERSHIP ACTION
The USTA is indefinitely suspending Kelsey Wagner’s USTA membership and imposing a
fine against her in the amount of $217,500 for violations of USTA Rule 26.06 (Fraudulent
Misconduct by Member), USTA Rule 7.01 (Bona Fide Owner or Lessee), and USTA Rule
20.07 (Conspiracy to Commit Violation of Rules). Evidence gathered in an investigation
overseen by the Standardbred Racing Investigative Fund established that Kelsey Wagner
acted as a fictitious owner on behalf of her parents, John and Pamela Wagner.
Standardbreds were registered in Kelsey’s Wagner’s name to establish a fraudulent
ownership arrangement in response to John Wagner’s unapproved medication violations
and resulting suspension and Pamela Wagner’s related disqualification by state regulators.
John and/or Pamela Wagner were, in every relevant respect, the actual owners of the
horses registered in Kelsey Wagner’s name. Kelsey Wagner, individually and in concert
with others, fraudulently and corruptly effected a false registration with respect to the 87
Standardbred horses registered in her name, in violation of USTA Rule 20.06. Horses that
raced while registered in Kelsey Wagner’s name did not do so in the name of the bona fide
owner, in violation of Rule 7.01. Kelsey, Pamela, and John Wagner entered an agreement
to violate USTA Rules 20.06 and 7.01 and each engaged in multiple acts in furtherance of
this agreement/conspiracy, in violation of Rule 20.07
WAGNER, PAMELA E FAIRFAX, VA YOB 1958
USTA on 5/29/2025 FINED: $435,000
INDEFINITE SUSPENSION(IND) AS OF 5/29/2025
USTA MEMBERSHIP ACTION
The USTA is indefinitely suspending Pamela Wagner’s USTA membership and imposing a
fine against her in the amount of $435,000 for violations of USTA Rule 26.06 (Fraudulent
Misconduct by Member), USTA Rule 7.01 (Bona Fide Owner or Lessee), and USTA Rule
20.07 (Conspiracy to Commit Violation of Rules). Evidence gathered in an investigation
overseen by the Standardbred Racing Investigative Fund established that Pamela
Wagner’s daughter, Kelsey Wagner, acted as a fictitious owner on behalf of her parents,
John and Pamela Wagner. Standardbreds were registered in Kelsey’s Wagner’s name to
establish a fraudulent ownership arrangement in response to John Wagner’s unapproved
medication violations and resulting suspension and Pamela Wagner’s related
disqualification by state regulators. John and/or Pamela Wagner were, in every relevant
respect, the actual owners of the horses registered in Kelsey Wagner’s name. Pamela
Wagner, individually and in concert with others, fraudulently and corruptly effected a false
registration with respect to at least the 62 Standardbred horses she transferred to Kelsey
Wagner, in violation of USTA Rule 20.06. Horses that raced while registered in Kelsey
Wagner’s name did not do so in the name of the bona fide owner, who in many instances
was Pamela Wagner, in violation of Rule 7.01. Pamela, Kelsey, and John Wagner entered
an agreement to violate USTA Rules 20.06 and 7.01 and each engaged in multiple acts in
furtherance of this agreement/conspiracy, in violation of Rule 20.07. Because Pamela
Wagner is now indefinitely suspended, she is a "person not in good standing" under USTA
