Florida-based proprietor/coach Paul Valery has been suspended by the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit till Might 13, 2033, for a collection of infractions involving his horses and managed and banned medicines, together with steroids. He was additionally assessed $75,500 in fines from 5 resolutions dated Nov. 15.
Valery’s infractions concerned the now-disqualified horses Quincy Cafe and Pure Speight , each suspended from racing by way of March 2025. Between the 2 horses, Valery was sanctioned for the presence or markers of the next substances: prasterone, gamma-aminobutyric acid, formestane, and 4-hydroxytestosterone.
Moreover, he was cited for rule violations for 3 prohibited managed treatment substances throughout a race interval.
Valery is 4-for-27 this 12 months, however with no begins for the reason that spring after HIWU provisionally suspended him. He’s 12-for-56 over his profession as a North American coach. Valery’s largest win as a coach and proprietor got here in 2019 at Gulfstream Park when The Brother Slew upset the $300,000 Clasico Internacional del Caribe Stakes.
Valery, from Venezuela, described that second by way of an interpreter as “the very best factor that ever occurred in my life.”
(Editor’s Word: An earlier model of this story incorrectly acknowledged Valery’s suspension was to run till Might 2030.)
