The federal government has submitted a sentencing letter from former coach Jorge Navarro, and we can only say that this is a juicy letter.

The document, submitted on December 10, begins with: "Jorge Navarro's case reflects failure, greed, and corruption at almost every level in the professional horse racing world." "For money and reputation, corruption. Horse trainers are becoming more and more extreme and use stimulants on horses under their care. Unscrupulous owners directly seek benefits and encourage and pressure trainers to win at all costs. Veterinarians who sworn to care and protect patients often violate They pledged to serve corrupt trainers and paid for themselves. Both the assistants and grooms witnessed the cruelty of animals for greed, but did not stop this behavior and supported the notorious corrupt trainers in countless ways. For protection in this case The structure designed for the abused horses failed many times; the permanent personnel of the industry-owners, veterinarians and trainers-ignored the rules and ignored the health of the animals, while hypocritically cursing the horses under their control and surface protection Love. Jorge Navarro is the cornerstone of this structure of abuse, corruption and duplicity. He is an animal trainer who sees his animals as a drain on his'sports' service Taste."

Navarro will be sentenced on December 17 after he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit drugs and adulterated brands. He was charged with two counts in the alternative indictment in November 2020. Last week, his defense team submitted recommendations to U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil, which included 100 pages of character testimony from family, friends, former employees and former owners, many of whom claimed that Navarro cared about his horses.

The prosecutor disputed this description, setting out new details about the Navarro doping program and his attitude towards the continued use of drugs that he seemed to know to be illegal.

Friday’s judgment document stated that Navarro’s plan dates back at least to 2016 and included hematopoietic and vasodilators allegedly manufactured by co-defendants Gregory Skelton and Dr. Seth Fishman , Baking soda, hemostatic medicine from Fishman, SGF-1000, "imported, mislabeled bronchodilator" and other substances.

The documents show that Navarro is also looking for new substances, asking about a new pink pain reliever and "an experimental horse topical cream that is expected to have the same effect as baking soda soaking."

Documents show that the horses affected by the project include XY Jet, War Story, Shancelot, Sharp Azteca and Nanoosh.

Prosecutors are particularly concerned about the drugs given to XY Jet, which are detailed in the federal indictment. Friday's document provides more details about the horse's experience in early 2019.

A few days before the optional claims allowed contest held at Gulfstream Park on February 13, 2019, Navarro contacted co-defendant Marco Zulueta and said, “I have a question, you need to ask me Get rid of it," asked for a bottle of painkiller for XY Jet, because the other 20 bottles he ordered hadn't arrived yet. Zulueta promised to keep the medicine overnight so that Navarro can get the medicine in time while racing. Allegedly, Navarro then called the trainer and co-defendant Christopher Oaks, stating that the horse was tied up for the first time that day. The two discussed immediately “soaking” the horse with baking soda and then “soaking” the horse on the day of the race. Zulueta tried to persuade Navarro not to participate in the horse after his containment incident, but Navarro dismissed his concerns and stated that he had treated the horse immediately.

"The next day, February 12, 2019, the day before the game, Navarro contacted another person and asked for items that could be used to water XY Jet:'I need pipes, pumps and buckets.' When Navarro was asked if anyone would "intubate" the horse, Navarro replied, "Yes. No, you can't—you can't control him, because you will go to jail, man. My friend will take care of him. My friend wants to prepare a milkshake for him," said later, "this is between you and me. "In a separate phone call with an owner representative of XY Jet, Navarro confirmed that he planned to give the horse a milkshake. When asked if the horse would test positive, Navarro replied:" do not worry. "I used something to cover baking soda, sodium bicarbonate.'"

On the day of the game, Navarro said in a correspondence with Zulueta that he wanted to learn how to "manage" horses because "I will take care of all my horses." Zuluetta warned Navarro: "You must [expletive] Be careful. I tried—I tried to do that, and I almost killed the horse—the horse, man. It went to the lungs." Navarro simply replied, "Yes."

XY Jet won his game that day. In his next game, he won a group of Dubai Sands with a prize of 2.5 million US dollars. In that game, Navarro said that instead of injecting a tube into the horse, he gave him "50 shots". These "injections" were "through the mouth" to avoid detection-apparently referring to what the prosecutor said Navarro’s strategy of taking certain drugs by mouth for good reason suspects that horse racing officials might detect needle marks on the horse’s neck.

XY Jet had undergone three knee surgeries during the problematic allowance contest, and he died suddenly after exercising in Florida two months before his arrest in Navarro in January 2020. Ma’s relationship ordered an autopsy instead of the state’s Pari-Mutuel Wagering department, so the report was not previously subject to public record requirements. Friday’s documents showed that “autopsy could not determine the cause of the heart attack; it’s worth noting that Navarro’s communication in the first quarter of 2019 indicated that even a year ago, XY Jet... was struggling, but then Received medication so that he can participate in the competition."

In the case of "sudden" or "obvious heart" death, it is not uncommon for the autopsy report to be inconclusive on the cause of death of the horse, especially when there is no physical abnormality in the heart or other organs.

The document also mentioned an anonymous person who adopted a former Navarro trainee and stated that after leaving the trainer’s barn, the horse was “disfigured, not only unable to participate in the race, but also unable to participate in the race at all” and “ Suffering from recurring and painful physical problems.” In the last race against Navarro in September 2019, the unidentified horse ended the race with serious injuries and required him to get out of the car.

Although he was always looking for new materials and technologies to gain performance advantages, the document pointed out that Navarro apparently spent some time worrying about whether his communication would be monitored, and urged contacts to be careful when discussing drugs and discuss his use Some measures—such as shipping products to others—make it harder for regulators to catch him.

But at the same time, Navarro didn't seem to hesitate to brag about his activities to close friends. When searching his barn, he found a pair of custom-made shoes with #Juice Man written on the toes.

In 2017, Navarro and owner Randal Gindi were fined $5,000 by Monmouth Park’s caretaker for filming a video of two cheering for a horse trained by Navarro’s brother Marcial Navarro, winning at Gulfstream Park a match.

"Goodbye, friends. Goodbye, friends," Jindi was heard saying in the video. "Juice Man!"

Navarro replied, "Is that Navarro? Is that Navarro? Is that 2-1 Navarro? That's what we did."

"This is juice. That's vegetable juice," Jindy replied.

"We f – k everyone," Navarro said.

"Every one of us f-k, I have another twenty thousand in my pocket," Gindi said. "Oh yeah! Life is good."

At the time, Navarro complained to Paulick that the statement he overheard in the video was a strange congratulation.

"When I won the game, everyone wanted to provoke Navarro," Jorge Navarro told the Paulick report at the time. "Even if my kids are around, they call me the'juice man'. My son is 10 years old and my daughter is 7 years old. How many times will you count me hearing these things? But I will continue to win the game."

Navarro himself sent the following picture to Zulueta in July 2018, apparently in part because of the mislabeled substance the two referred to as "monkeys".

On January 26, 2019, the day two Navaros raced between the Gulfstream and the Tampa Bay Downs, a Navarro colleague, who did not want to be named, sent a gif to the horse trainer, which depicted The plunger of the syringe is pulled back and a dollar bill is loaded into the syringe.

The prosecutor also seems to know very well that Navarro is very aware of the risks associated with the adulterated and mislabeled substances he uses-some of the injections have so far been taken from manufacturing facilities approved by the Food and Drug Administration. They It's just that the instructions are written on the bottle made of ordinary plastic with a permanent marker.

In one case, Navarro was tapped in a wiretap. He mentioned a very effective painkiller provided by Navarro. "The person [providing Navarro with medicine] said he had killed about four Horses... he said these horses can't take it, and then they die."

In another conversation, Navarro compared the physical side effects of an intravenous performance enhancer with Zulueta and asked whether the horse "started to sweat and keep warm." Zulueta said his horse was soaked with sweat after receiving the injection, and Navarro asked if the medicine was effective.

When referring to his use of steroids on horses, Navarro declared that he was "a destructive man" and "in a race against the best horses in America."

The prosecutor asked Navarro to change the maximum sentence stipulated in the agreement with his lawyer when he pleaded guilty — five years in federal prison — and also required a three-year supervised release condition, which would require him to give up racing for this reason License for a period of time.

Navarro’s lawyer stated in a document submitted last week that the Panamanian native is likely to be deported at the end of his sentence.

In addition, Navarro has agreed to confiscate a total of 70,000 US dollars, which is equivalent to the value of the drugs he allegedly obtained and provided to the racehorses. He also agreed to pay $25,860,514 in compensation-representing the wallet income he earned during the illegal doping conspiracy. Friday’s documents show for the first time that the compensation will be paid to “entities that received bonuses through the direct influence of Navarro’s fraud”. The names and payment schedules of these entities have been stamped and archived.

Navarro's sentence will be determined on December 17. The judge is not bound by the agreement between the two parties and will listen to the reports of both parties.

Read the full document submitted by the prosecutor here.

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