Thunderclap in the hushed world of horse racing. This Tuesday, as part of a judicial investigation for facts of doping on horses, an examining magistrateAix en Provence orders a wide net. The judicial police arrested around fifteen people: jockeys, veterinarians, but also coaches, among whom are the three members of the Rossi family.
2.5 million euros in earnings
Established in the Bouches-du-Rhône, the Rossi are very well known in the world of horse racing and their training center in Calas is also searched by the judicial police. In 2021, the uncle of the family, Frédéric Rossi, wins the trifle of 94 wins with, at the end of the day, more than 2.5 million euros.
About thirty races are in the sights of investigators. In addition to the suspicions of doping animals, they wonder about cheating facts. Jockeys could thus have retained their horses not to win and raise the odds for the next race, decrypts a source close to the file.