By: Jessica Lamb
TRAINER Philip Fenton has withdrawn his appeal against a three-year ban imposed on him by the Turf Club for drug possession.
Fenton, who is also set to be made a disqualified person in March, had specifically questioned the severity of his punishments and was due to have this case heard on Tuesday at the Turf Club’s Curragh headquarters.
However, he has had a change of heart which brings his training ban into effect immediately. His training licence is revoked as of Wednesday and he will become a disqualified person on March 1.
A Turf Club statement read: “The Turf Club has received notification that Philip Fenton has withdrawn his appeal with regard to the ‘severity’ of the ban imposed on him by the referrals committee at a hearing on Saturday, November 22.”
The ban follows on from Fenton’s conviction in Carrick-on-Suir district court on eight charges of being in possession of banned substances, including anabolic steroids, at his stables near Carrick-on-Suir in January 2012.
The drugs were found during a Department of Agriculture inspection.
