By: Andrew Eddy The Australian Trainers' Association has called for Racing Australia to finalise a national approach to the end altrenogest saga, claiming a simmering disquiet from participants is threatening to boil over on the issue. In a letter to its members this week to update them on the situation, the ATA chief executive Andrew
By: Nathan Exelby MONDAY’S meeting of the Queensland branch of the Australian Trainers Association will include a discussion about the reintroduction of the publishing of TCO2 levels in horses. TCO2 tests are conducted on horses pre-race and for a period of time under the former Kevin Dixon-led Racing Queensland administration, they were published on the
By: Andrew Eddy Danny O'Brien's drawn-out cobalt saga could be costing the Flemington trainer as much as $6 million a year in lost training fees, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal heard on Monday. After 17 days of the appeal taken up by evidence called by Racing Victoria, the defence for O'Brien and fellow Flemington
By Daryl Timms RACING Victoria could consider the introduction of a proposal put to Horse Racing Ireland to impose life bans on horses that test positive to a prohibited substance. Under the recommendations released in a 16-page Âreport by the Irish Thoroughbred Industry Anti-Doping Task Force in Dublin, horses such as those who tested positive
By: Michael Lynch Cobalt cases, drug infractions and the subsequent banning of a handful of trainers, pending appeal, have ensured that it has been a nightmare 12 months for the Victorian training fraternity. Inevitably the publicity that has accompanied the slew of high-profile cases, none more so than the headlines this week involving multiple group
By: Matt Stewart THE Australian Trainers’ AssÂociation has urged its members to toss out their ibuprofen or suffer the unfair consequences. The list of trainers with Âinadvertent positive drug tests to the anti-inflammatory medication is growing — and the cost is significant; the horse loses the race and the trainer can be fined up to
By: Danny Russell PROMISING colt Bondeiger was sold as part of a seven-Âfigure deal last year despite stewards knowing the horse had tested positive for cobalt. Bondeiger, trained by Danny O’Brien, had finished second in the VRC Derby Âbehind Preferment in November and was heading towards stallion-Âmaking race the Australian Guineas in the autumn. The
By: Tom Biddington Australian Trainers’ Association president Robbie Griffiths says staff drug testing is something that most trainers will have to look at in the wake of Shockaholic’s positive to methamphetamine. Trainer Matt Laurie revealed on Tuesday he suspects a staff member using the drug ice is the probable reason behind the positive swab, with
Trainer David Hayes urges stables to conduct own testing after horse returns positive to 'ice' By Patrick Bartley Senior racing executives are urging trainers across Australia to adopt the policy of leading trainer David Hayes to drug test their staff, following the discovery of the drug "ice" in a Mornington-prepared horse. Stewards said they were
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