Illegal Horse Racing Track Busted

To avoid prison sentences, Dallas’ Jesus Romero and Seagoville’s Martin Trejo pleaded guilty to running the Red River Playgrounds in Oklahoma, an illegal racetrack. This recap says the two copped to more than 50 felony counts and paid a total of about $74,000 in fines and court costs, but that’s hardly anything. I read elsewhere they were clearing more than $1 million per year. The “family-friendly” racetrack grounds were rife with drug paraphernalia, which is bad. And I’m guessing the horses’ health wasn’t top-of-mind without a track vet to keep malicious trainers in line, which is also bad. Just bad, bad, bad.