New York racing investigators have established to their satisfaction that the horse that ran and won at Belmont last September as the long-shot “Lebon” was actually the Uruguayan champion Cinzano, and that Dr. Mark J. Gerard was the hidden owner of the horse.
The New York Racing Association called it “one of the most serious race-track frauds in recent history.” There was photographic evidence of an earlier switch of South American horses by Gerard as well.
Racing fans in Uruguay heard of “Lebon’s” surprise victory on Sept. 23rd and the tabloid Mundocolor asked the AP for a winner’s-circle photograph.
Julian Perez, the racing editor and others immediately recognized the horse in the photograph as Cinzano. They called The Jockey Club in New York and the investigation began.
Ex NYT Montgomery 11/30/77
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Mark Gerard dies at 76; prominent racetrack veterinarian
Hi, i'm from Uruguay and i looking for data of "Cinzano-Lebon switch"
¿You have any newspaper file of 1977?
Thanks, and sorry for my english
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