Meanwhile, track officials said they would \u201cvigorously contest\u201d Tuma\u2019s lawsuit in a statement last week.<\/p>\n
Besides defaming Hawthorne, the oldest family-owned race course in North America with an unmatched record of safety and integrity, Tuma is using the legal system to settle professional disagreements with other, more experienced and accomplished veterinarians at the track and the Illinois Racing Board,” a spokesperson said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
“These professionals have dedicated their careers at Hawthorne and the racing board to performing with the highest degree of professionalism,” they added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Hawthorne Race Course near Chicago has denounced a RICO lawsuit brought by a former board member that accuses it of racing sick and injured horses, describing it as \u201cfalse and misguided.\u201d The complaint, filed last week by veterinarian Christine Tuma, claims track officials knowingly allowed unfit horses to run because they wanted to boost […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":330719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14577,60,84511],"tags":[92322,92321,92323,90911],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Hawthorne Race Course Denies Running Sick Horses to Boost Betting Numbers<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n