Two Ballston Spa, N.Y., men accused of trying to fix races by injecting harness horses with substances designed to deaden pain or improve performance pleaded guilty today to felony charges.


District Attorney James Murphy says 68-year-old William Barrack and his 43-year-old son Keith pleaded guilty to one count each of interference with a domestic animal in Saratoga County Court.


According to Murphy, they injected a horse named Disco Force A with cobra snake venom October 26th and Epogen on November 9th. The men earned $900 on the October 26th race.


The investigation began in September at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway following a tip from people at the track that harness horses were being injected

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