Turf Club will offer cash rewards for doping information: The Irish Times 11/24/14
By Brian O'Connor Racing Correspondent On the back of disqualifying Philip Fenton for three years over the trainer’s possession of banned animal remedies including anabolic steroids, the Turf Club plans to outline further measures to deal with the doping threat in 2015. These will include offering reward money of “up
Update On Ractopamine In Feed: Standardbred Canada 11/3/2014
On Monday, the Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency (CPMA) issued an update to the horse racing industry on recent findings of ractopamine in equine feed. This memo is further to our notice to industry on February 14, 2014 on the subject of ractopamine in feedstuffs wherein we reminded race horse owners and
Fenton team: protocols not followed in drug raid: racingpost.com 10/23/14
By Tony O'Hehir PHILIP FENTON'S barrister has argued the correct protocols were not followed when the Department of Agriculture investigators visited his client's yard and after the visit as the full hearing into the trainer's charges over alleged anabolic steroid possession began on Thursday. Evidence was heard from two Department
Darren Symons faces ban for use of prohibited drug on…: themorningbulletin.com.au 10/16/14
By Tony Mcmahon MACKAY racehorse trainer Darren Symons has been disqualified from racing for 12 months by Townsville racing stewards over the finding of a prohibited substance in a urine swab. Symons' Townsville winner from July 24 named Showmethemoney returning a finding upon urine analysis to the prohibited substance ethacrynic
Doping allegations prompt inquiries into two horse racing trainers: ABC.net.au 10/7/14
By Giselle Wakatama Allegations of serious doping violations have prompted inquiries into two New South Wales horse trainers, including one in Newcastle. Horse racing officials have spent the past year on alert for the banned additive cobalt chloride It boosts red blood cells and mimics the effects of the banned
Top trainer fined over possession of prohibited animal drugs: independent.ie 10/7/14
By Conor Kane The body that oversees horseracing is to study the fallout of a court judgment which saw former Irish Grand National winning-trainer Pat Hughes convicted of possessing unauthorised animal remedies. Mr Hughes (72) of Fenniscourt Stud, Bagenalstown, Co Carlow, pleaded not guilty yesterday at Carlow district court to
