ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Doug O’Neill could be facing up to a six-month suspension when the California Horse Racing Board meets to discuss a case involving one of his horses testing for a high level of total carbon dioxide in 2010.
The board meets in a closed session Thursday at Betfair Hollywood Park in Inglewood, where O’Neill’s stable is based. He won’t attend the meeting that occurs on the same day he turns 44.
The board’s monthly meeting comes in the midst of I’ll Have Another’s bid to become horse racing’s first Triple Crown winner in 34 years. The colt trained by O’Neill won the Derby and the Preakness last Saturday, and is preparing to run in the Belmont Stakes on June 9.
