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Racing Great Lance O’Sullivan and Co-Trainer Andrew Scott Charged with First NZ Cobalt Offences:Stuff.Co.NZ 2/26/16

By: Jamie Searle New Zealand Sports Hall of Famer and racing great Lance O'Sullivan has been charged with racing three horses with high levels of cobalt in their system. O'Sullivan and co-trainer Andrew Scott have been charged by the Racing Integrity Unit on Friday.The pair are the first New Zealand trainers to be charged with a cobalt offence. The Matamata trainers have three horses under investigation - Sound Proposition, Quintastics

Williams Sues over Amralah Treatment: Racing.Com 2/25/16

By: Shane Anderson Four-time Melbourne Cup winning owner Lloyd Williams is suing the Ballarat Veterinary Practice over the treatment of imported galloper Amralah during the 2015 Spring Carnival. A Melbourne court has heard that the leading Melbourne Cup chance was treated with a banned substance in the lead-up that forced him to miss Australia’s richest

Paul McGregor disqualified for 18 months: Harness Link 2/18/16

By: NZDT Racing Queensland Stewards have today disqualified harness trainer Paul McGregor from racing for a period of 18 months effectively immediately after he pleaded guilty to presenting a horse with elevated cobalt levels. At an inquiry held into a post-race urine sample taken from GOTTA GO ARTELECT (NZ) following its winning performance in Race 6

Stewards delay a Signoff on whether Darren Weir will be charged over positive to banned anti-inflammatory drug: Herald Sun 2/16/16

By: Daryl Timms STEWARDS are yet to determine whether Darren Weir will be charged over the positive Signoff returned after winning the Lord Stakes at Caulfield on Boxing Day. Weir is regarded as an innocent party after the stayer tested positive to the banned race-day drug Ibuprofen. The drug had been used on Signoff as

Ismail Mohammed fined over banned substance: Racing Post 2/11/16

By: Mark Scully UAE: Trainer Ismail Mohammed has been fined by stewards in the UAE after the Irish-bred Expert was found to have raced at Jebel Ali with a banned substance in its system. Trainer Mohammed, who has operated out of Revida Place stables on Hamilton Road in Newmarket since 2012 as well as in

Racing Victoria stands firm on ibuprofen: The Sydney Morning Herald 2/11/16

By: Patrick Bartley Racing Victoria has resisted making changes to its drug-free policy, despite calls for a relaxation in the rule over positive swabs for the anti-inflammatory substance ibuprofen. Racing Victoria announced after its monthly board meeting that it sympathises with owners of horses that are currently continuing to return positive swabs long after they

Disqualified vet Tom Brennan blames former colleague for cobalt: The Daily Telegraph 2/10/16

By: Caryl Williamson DISQUALIFIED vet Tom Brennan says his misplaced trust in a colleague is the reason he and three trainers are fighting bans for cobalt use. Brennan has been outed by both NSW and Victorian racing officials over high levels of cobalt found in horses from the Flemington stables of Mark Kavanagh and Danny

Turf Club keen to promote out of competition testing on horses: The Irish Times 2/10/16

By Brian O'Connor Talks are due to take place between the Turf Club and the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association to start implementing protocols for out of competition drug-testing recommended in the recently published Anti-Doping Task Force report, a step that racing’s integrity body describes as being “the last piece of the jigsaw” in terms of

Racing industry stunned by positive swabs to the drug ibuprofen: The Sydney Morning Herald 2/8/16

By: Patrick Bartley Large doses of the anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen is the reason for the continued number of long-term positive swabs to the treatment on raceday, according to racing sources. Fairfax Media has been told that a string of race-day positives stem from the improper prescription and treatment of horses on a Victorian property. An

Signoff part-owner calls on racing officials to sort out Ibuprofen mess: Herald Sun 2/5/16

By Matt Stewart SIGNOFF’S part-owner Sandy McGregor has challenged racing authorities to “make a call, immediately’’ on Ibuprofen, a drug that threatens to skittle the careers of a number of high-class horses. Trainer Darren Weir on Friday scratched Signoff from a 2400m race at Caulfield on Saturday, the fourth time this campaign the stayer has

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