Jason Servis
{{short description|American horse trainer}}
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| name = Jason Servis
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| occupation = Trainer
| birth_place = Charles Town, West Virginia
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|04|02}}
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| race = {{plainlist|1=
- 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)
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| horses = Uncle Benny, Maximum Security, Firenze Fire
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Jason J. Servis (born April 2, 1957) is an American trainer of thoroughbred racehorses and a convicted felon. A multiple graded stakes-winning trainer,{{cite web|url=https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=People&searchType=T&eID=222130&rbt=TB |title=Trainer Profile
He is a brother of trainer John Servis, of Smarty Jones fame.{{cite web|url=http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/local-haskell-trainers-have-family-bond/ |title=Local Haskell Trainers Have Family Bond |publisher=NYRA |work=Thoroughbred Daily News |date=2019-05-04 |accessdate=2019-05-06}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kentucky.com/sports/horses/kentucky-derby/article229908939.html |title=One brother has won the Kentucky Derby. The other might match him. |work=Lexington Herald-Leader |via=kentucky.com |date=2019-05-02 |accessdate=2019-05-04}}
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.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/horse-racing/2020/03/09/horse-racing-doping-scandal-day-of-reckoning-jason-servis |title=Horse Racing Sees Another Day of Reckoning Amid Doping Scandal |first=Pat |last=Forde |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=March 9, 2020}} Servis' trial was scheduled to begin in early 2023,{{cite web |url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/257025/jason-servis-trial-postponed-to-early-2023|title=Jason Servis' Trial Postponed to Early 2023|last=Gearty|first=Robert|date=24 February 2022|publisher=The Blood-Horse|access-date=25 February 2022}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/265336/servis-admits-guilt-faces-up-to-four-years-in-prison|title=Servis Admits Guilt, Faces up to Four Years in Prison|last=Gearty|first=Robert|date=9 December 2022|publisher=The Blood-Horse|access-date=12 December 2022}} On July 26, 2023, Servis was sentenced to four years in prison, fined $30,000, and ordered to pay restitution.{{cite web |url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/270447/trainer-jason-servis-sentenced-to-four-years-in-prison|title=Trainer Jason Servis Sentenced to Four Years in Prison|last=Gearty|first=Robert|date=26 July 2023|publisher=The Blood-Horse|access-date=27 July 2023}} He began serving his sentence on November 1, 2023 at FPC Pensacola.{{cite web |url=https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/servis-begins-his-sentence-at-cushy-prison/|title=Servis Begins His Sentence At "Cushy" Prison|last=Finley|first=Bill|date=2 November 2023|publisher=Thoroughbred Daily News|access-date=21 March 2024}}
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Category:American racehorse trainers
Category:Sportspeople from Charles Town, West Virginia
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