Jason Servis Explained

Jason Servis
Occupation:	Trainer
Birth Place:	Charles Town, West Virginia
Birth Date:	2 April 1957
Career Wins:	1,306
Race:	Fashion Stakes (2004) Violet Handicap (2008) Pennsylvania Governor's Cup Stakes (2013, 2014) Bowling Green Handicap (2014) Sapling Stakes (2015) Withers Stakes (2016) Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (2017) Champagne Stakes (2017) Comely Stakes (2017) Sanford Stakes (2017) Stymie Stakes (2017) Union Avenue Stakes (2017, 2018) Fall Highweight Handicap (2018) Jerome Stakes (2018) Mike Lee Stakes (2018) Pasco Stakes (2018) Florida Derby (2019) Haskell Invitational (2019)
Horses:	Uncle Benny, Maximum Security, Firenze Fire

Jason J. Servis (born April 2, 1957) is an American trainer of thoroughbred racehorses and a convicted felon. A multiple graded stakes-winning trainer,^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jason Servis goes from triumph to heartbreak . Newsday . 2019-05-04 . 2019-05-05 . 2019-05-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190505092629/https://www.newsday.com/sports/horseracing/kentucky-derby-trainer-jason-servis-1.30662947 . dead .
2. Web site: Local Haskell Trainers Have Family Bond . NYRA . Thoroughbred Daily News . 2019-05-04 . 2019-05-06.
3. Web site: One brother has won the Kentucky Derby. The other might match him. . Lexington Herald-Leader . kentucky.com . 2019-05-02 . 2019-05-04.
4. Horse Racing Sees Another Day of Reckoning Amid Doping Scandal . Pat . Forde . . March 9, 2020.
5. Web site: Jason Servis' Trial Postponed to Early 2023. Gearty. Robert. 24 February 2022. The Blood-Horse. 25 February 2022.
6. Web site: Servis Admits Guilt, Faces up to Four Years in Prison. Gearty. Robert. 9 December 2022. The Blood-Horse. 12 December 2022.
7. Web site: Trainer Jason Servis Sentenced to Four Years in Prison. Gearty. Robert. 26 July 2023. The Blood-Horse. 27 July 2023.
8. Web site: Servis Begins His Sentence At "Cushy" Prison. Finley. Bill. 2 November 2023. Thoroughbred Daily News. 21 March 2024.
9. Web site: Trainer Profile | Jason Servis|publisher=Equibase Co. LLC |accessdate=21 March 2024}} Servis is best known for having trained Maximum Security], who finished first in the 2019 Kentucky Derby but was disqualified for interference.^[1]

   He is a brother of trainer John Servis, of Smarty Jones fame.^{[2] [3]}

   In March 2020, Servis was arrested after having been indicted along with 27 other people by federal authorities on charges related to manufacturing, procuring, distributing and administering illegal substances to racehorses.^[4] Servis' trial was scheduled to begin in early 2023,^[5] but in December 2022 he accepted a plea deal from the U.S. District Attorney's Office by pleading guilty to two new charges of misbranding and adulterating chemical substances intended to be used in racehorses. The original charges, which carried a potential prison term of 25 years, were dropped.^[6] On July 26, 2023, Servis was sentenced to four years in prison, fined $30,000, and ordered to pay restitution.^[7] He began serving his sentence on November 1, 2023 at FPC Pensacola.^[8]

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