The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday upheld a decision reached by the Gaming Control Board in June to fine a trainer whose horses tested positive for illegal substances.

In June, trainer Ricardo Castillo Jr. was fined $100,000 and had his license revoked for at least 15 years after the state’s racing steward determined that four horses, after blood and urine tests, were determined to be drugged with illegal narcotics methamphetamine and amphetamine and two of the horses tested positive for Tramadol, an opioid pain medication.

In their unanimous vote, commissioners maintained that Castillo’s actions presented a danger to other horses and their jockeys in the county fair quarter-horse races in Elko County over the Labor Day weekend in 2024.

After state Horse Racing Steward Douglas Ray

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