The owners of leading Blue Diamond Stakes contender Of The Brave will have to find a new trainer following the disqualification of Mark Riley.
The Victorian trainer was given the ban for a bi-carb offence on Monday, a day before acceptances for Saturday’s Group One race at Caulfield.
Chief steward Terry Bailey says the owners of the colt can accept without a nominated trainer and then make application for a new trainer.
Bailey says although Riley has a week to arrange for the transfer of horses in his Mornington stable, he is a disqualified person with immediate effect.
Riley’s legal counsel says they will appeal to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal and ask for a stay of proceedings until it is heard.
Gold For Kev ran with a higher than allowed level of TC02 in his system in a race at Sandown last July.
-AAP
