By: Barbara Scott Harness Racing South Australia Stewards finalised an inquiry into a report received from Racing Analytical Services Ltd (RASL) that a post race urine sample taken from SILVER RANGER after Race 4, the Hygain Horse Products Claiming Pace at Globe Derby on 23 November 2015, upon analysis contained arsenic greater than the 0.30
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: Andrew Eddy Terry O’Sullivan and his daughter Karina will have their new prohibited substance charge heard by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board next Wednesday. The Stawell-based training partners were notified this week that one of their gallopers, Dandy Gent, had produced a post-race urine sample positive to the anti-inflammatory drug dexamethasone after it
By: Andrew Eddy Father-and-daughter training partners Terry and Karina O’Sullivan have been hit with a second positive to a prohibited substance with Racing Victoria stewards charging the pair on Wednesday over the use of anti-inflammatory drug dexamethasone on their galloper Dandy Gent. Just last week, the pair were notified that Darragh had produced a positive
By: Pat Raia The World Health Organization (WHO) has opposed a Chinese United Nations (U.N.) delegation request of the U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs to place a commonly used anesthetic and analgesic, ketamine, under international control. The Chinese delegation made its request—which would restrict veterinarians’ ability to access it—in March 2015 on grounds that ketamine
Hugo Palmer will have to give back one of the group races he won in 2015, as his Home Of The Brave (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) has been disqualified from his win in the G3 Minstrel S. at The Curragh last July. The colt tested positive for the banned substance hydroxydantrolene and the news sees Gordon
By: Racingbase Staff Harness racing trainer Mary-Jane Mifsud has been disqualified for 7 years and 6 months following the conclusion of an inquiry into a cobalt positive taken from Mister Bellisimo. Â The Kilmore horsewoman pleaded guilty after six-year-old gelding (now seven) Mister Bellisimo returned cobalt above the legal threshold following his victory in Race
The Peter Moody court case over the ongoing cobalt scandal continues apace, and it appears it will continue to do so until February at least. The trial resumes Monday when seven more witnesses are to be called, but legal counsel for the stewards is not available after that session comes to a close and both
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
Australian trainer Peter Moody’s hearing for three charges related to cobalt positives faces delays into Christmas and possibly the New Year after the champion conditioner’s defense accused Racing Victoria of breach of procedure Wednesday, according to Racing.com. That site reported that Moody’s defense argued the case was prejudiced because the B urine sample of Lidari
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