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: Brian O' Connor The long-awaited report from racing’s Anti-Doping Task Force, set up in the aftermath of the steroids controversy that saw trainer Philip Fenton disqualified in 2014, will recommend lifetime bans for horses illicitly administered substances which are prohibited at all times. The report also suggests a single national drug control laboratory for
By: Jay Rooney  Trainer Ben Owen was hit with two charges at a stewards’ inquiry yesterday into allegations he treated Rhino’s Lad on race day at Pinjarra last month. Owen pleaded not guilty to a charge of administering the banned substance, nitrolingual spray, to Rhino’s Lad in the wash bay before he won race
By: Adam Pengilly Paul Murray has blamed Peter Holz, a former owner of his family's prolific Kembla Grange stable, for supplying a product thought to be at the centre of a cobalt probe after Racing NSW stewards issued eight charges against the trainer on Thursday. Murray claimed he had no knowledge of how a bottle - labelled
By: Press Release The sixth business session of the 36th Asian Racing Conference in Mumbai asked panelists and delegates to consider whether or not the industry was succeeding in offering drug free racing. Kaoru Obata, Presidential Counsellor, International Affairs, for the Japan Racing Association served as chairman for the session while Andrew Harding, the Secretary-General
By: Tom Biddington Racing NSW stewards have issued eight charges against Kembla Grange horseman Paul Murray, 19 months after finding a bottle containing cobalt at his stables. The charges relate to the high levels of cobalt found in swabs of his stable star Alma’s Fury, who won the Apollo Stakes in February 2013 and finished
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: Shane Anderson The emergence of Ibuprofen as a problem drug in racing will be reviewed by the Racing Victoria (RV) Integrity Council when it meets on February 1. RV Stewards will brief the council on recent cases which have shown a number of horses returning a positive urine sample to the drug. These cases
Co-trainers Terry and Karina O'Sullivan have been fined $3000 for presenting a horse to race at Sandown in September with a prohibited substance in its system. Dexamethasone, a short-acting corticosteroid, was detected in a urine sample taken from the O'Sullivan-trained Dandy Gent after he finished second in a 2400m race on September 2. The Racing
Australian trainers Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh have been banned four and three years, respectively, by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board for charges related to cobalt positives returned by horses under their care last year. Veterinarian Tom Brennan has been disqualified five years for his involvement in multiple cobalt cases. Both trainers have appealed
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