1.57% of doping tests on horses were positive in 2016, figures show: Horsetalk 11/9/17
Press Release: A total of 5218 horses were sampled for drug testing in 2016 under the FEI’s anti-doping programme, figures show. There were 82 positive cases among them, representing 1.57% of the horses sampled. Testing was carried out across 690 FEI events during 2016 – slightly fewer than the 712
Osborne recommends independent chair as anti-doping task force is reconvened: The Racing Post 10/24/17
By: Richard Forristal The board of Horse Racing Ireland has felt compelled to reconvene the anti-doping task force that was disbanded a year ago in an effort to finally break the impasse in the quest to get breeders and sales companies to agree to Turf Club drug testing procedures. However, Meta Osborne, the Turf
Steven Pateman and Belinda Dunn informed of positive cobalt tests: Punters 10/24/17
By: Conor Walsh Star jumps jockey and trainer Steven Pateman's eight-year-old gelding Sir Walter Scott has returned a positive test to prohibited substance cobalt. The galloper was tested prior to losing his rider in the Great Western Steeplechase at Coleraine on September 24, and Pateman was informed on Tuesday that initial positive findings had been
Trainer Disqualified for Three Years Six Months: Harness Link 10/06/17
Press Release: Harness Racing New South Wales(HRNSW) Stewards concluded a number of inquiries into various matters on September 13, 2017, resulting from the presentation of the registered standardbreds horses GUTS and DEN HELDER at Cowra on May 14, 2017, including Mr N Carroll’s conduct in the investigation of these matters.
Quinton Guilty on Cobalt, Escapes Penalty: Racing.Com 10/05/17
Press Release: Trainer Ron Quinton has escaped penalty despite being found guilty after two horses in his care were found to have elevated cobalt levels. Pre-race urine samples taken from both Boss Lane and Imanui in August registered cobalt levels above the permitted threshold. But rather than penalise Quinton, at
QRIC to Increase Investigators: Wide World of Sports 10/03/17
Press Release: The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission will hire two more police investigators and increase spending on drug testing. It coincides with QRIC's first prosecution under new match fixing laws listed to go ahead in the Brisbane Magistrate's Court on Wednesday. QRIC Commissioner Ross Barnett released its first annual report
