Maximum Security's trainer among 27 charged by US in global horse racing doping scheme

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'What actually happened to the horses amounted to nothing less than abuse.'

The charges, contained in four indictments, are a black eye for an industry long tainted by allegations that horses have been drugged to improve their performance on the track.

Maximum Security, one of the world's best racehorses, won last month's $20 million Saudi Cup, the world's richest horse race. He also appeared to have won the 2019 Kentucky Derby, before being disqualified for interference. Instead, Sweeney said"they experienced cardiac issues, overexertion leading to leg fractures, increased risk of injury, and in some cases death. Conversely, the human beings involved in this scheme continued to line their purses."

 

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