Dean Atkinson

Down Under Trainer Handed 10-Year Ban

January 31, 2012

It has been reported that trainer Dean Atkinson has been handed a 10-year ban from the sport of standardbred racing. He is the first harness racing licensee that has been penalized in regard to the sw...

Guilty Trainer Receives Death Threats

January 12, 2012

It has been reported that Dean Atkinson, one of the trainers charged in the Down Under swabbing scandal, has asked for the court be closed during his evidence due to receiving death threats from a hor...

Five Arrested, Charged Down Under

November 29, 2011

According to multiple reports, a total of five people have now been arrested and charged with a combined 60 counts of corruption in connection to the Down Under swabbing scandal. One of the individual...