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Scandal-scarred horse trainer known as ‘Juice Man’ slapped with five-year sentence after doping confession
Trainer Jorge Navarro after winning four races at Monmouth Park in one day during the 2016 meet. - Bill Denver/EQUI-PHOTO

Scandal-scarred horse trainer known as ‘Juice Man’ slapped with five-year sentence after doping confession

NEW YORK — The next ride for the “Juice Man” is a trip to federal prison. Scandal-ridden horse-racing trainer Jorge Navarro, after pleading guilty in a doping scandal where one of his prize thoroughbreds died of a heart attack, was slapped with the maximum sentence of five years Friday at a Manhattan Federal Court hearing. The defendant, whose derisive nickname among fellow trainers referenced his pervasive use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs, previously agreed to pay nearly $27 million in restitution from his illicit earnings as one of the sport’s most high-profile trainers. The shamel...

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