Hansen Answers Charges of Race Fixing at Hearing

Jockey Ron Hansen, barred from riding at Golden Gate Fields Feb. 4, answered charges of impropriety against him during a hearing before the California Horse Racing Board Friday.

Hearing referee Benjamin Felton was to make a recommendation on whether Hansen should be permanently barred or reinstated and the CHRB will make the final decision.

Hansen, the leading rider at the Albany track, is accused by a former jockey of fixing races. Hansen’s alleged association with a man convicted of bank fraud was also explored during the seven-hour hearing.

Doug Schrick reportedly told CHRB investigators and FBI agents that Hansen approached him about fixing races. A former Golden Gate Fields jockey, Schrick has been suspended for 10 years for offering a jockey a bribe and faces criminal bribery charges.

Hansen’s principal witness was his former girlfriend, Julie Adams of Newport Beach. She testified that she also had been romantically involved with Schrick and that Schrick was pursuing a vendetta against Hansen.