| The Pennsylvania Horse Racing Betting | | | | before the Wednesday card was to begin. Part of |
| Commission has ejected owner Michael Gill from | | | | the ruling reads that Gill’s further participation |
| racing at Penn National Race Course, claiming his | | | | “will jeopardize the orderly conduct of the |
| participation would disrupt the orderly conduct of | | | | race meet” and that “your presence and |
| racing at the track. | | | | continued participation has been inconsistent with |
| Gill was notified late Tuesday afternoon by the | | | | the best interest of racing.” |
| commission that his horses will no longer be | | | | Eric Schippers, spokesman for Penn National |
| permitted to race at Penn National, located in | | | | Gaming, said, “We plan to comply fully with |
| Grantville, Pa., although Gill said from New | | | | this, and we’re pleased the commission took |
| Hampshire that he understood the ruling to mean | | | | such swift action to our request to investigate |
| his horses will still be permitted to race at | | | | this matter.” |
| Philadelphia Park. | | | | Gill met at length Saturday at Penn with officials |
| Gill said on Monday that he planned to get out of | | | | and veterinarians from the track to address the |
| racing in the wake of the controversy that | | | | situation that existed since the breakdown of |
| stemmed from two of his horses breaking down | | | | Laughing Moon on Jan. 23. Gill said he was |
| at Penn National, but he still planned to race | | | | informed at the Saturday meeting that necropsies |
| horses at the track this week. | | | | ordered by the track for Laughing Moon and for |
| | | | Melodeeman, who also suffered a catastrophic |
| The commission ruling came at the conclusion of | | | | breakdown Jan. 21 at Penn, uncovered no |
| their investigation into recent breakdowns of | | | | wrongdoing. |
| Gill’s horses at Penn and some 24 hours | | | | |