Trainer Ben Currie Fears His Career Could Be in Jeopardy After Tints Records Positive Test: Gold Coast Bulletin 7/10/16
By: Brad Davidson ONE of Queensland’s most promising trainers, Ben Currie, fears his career could be in jeopardy after a horse in his care tested positive to an anabolic steroid in April. The 25-year-old Currie is facing a potential ban after Tints returned a positive test to banned substance boldenone
Australia Cuts Cobalt Thresholds in Half: Blood-Horse 7/7/16
By: Blood-Horse Staff The allowable levels of cobalt in Australian racehorses has been cut in half, according to an announcement July 7 by Racing Australia, the country's national racing industry body. The urine threshold for cobalt will become 100 micrograms per liter effective Sept. 1, down from 200 μg/L (micrograms
Brian Cox, Vet Hearing Set for August:Racing.Com 6/29/16
By: racing.com Staff Wodonga trainer Brian Cox and veterinarian Dr Robert Fielding will face the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board in August, with five days set aside for the hearing. The RAD Board notified on Wednesday that the hearing of 13 charges (four in the alternative) against Cox and three
Trainer Steve Farley Loses Appeal Against 12-Month Cobalt Ban: Adelaide Now.Com 6/17/16
By: Ray Thomas, Racing Editor/The Daily Telegraph TRAINER Steve Farley of Sincero fame has had his appeal dismissed against a 12-month disqualification imposed after his filly Di’s Diamond returned an elevated cobalt reading after finishing unplaced in a race at Taree back in February. The Racing NSW Appeals Panel on
Lawson, Rhodes Disqualified: Racing.Com 6/16/16
By: Racing.Com Staff Grafton-based trainer Wayne Lawson has been disqualified for 12 months for presenting Stella’s Chance at the races with an elevated cobalt reading. The gelding was found to have the prohibited substance in his system at a level above the legal threshold of 200 micrograms per litre of
Albury Vet Dr Bob Fielding to Face Three Charges as Part of Racing Victoria Stewards Investigation: The Border Mail 6/11/16
By: David Johnston ALBURY veterinary surgeon Bob Fielding has been caught up in the Racing Victoria stewards probe of Wodonga trainer Brian Cox. The vet has been hit with three charges following the investigation which detected a prohibited substance at Mr Cox's stables in Wodonga in early March. Stewards allege Dr
