‘Nothing sinister’ – Denis Egan plays down spike in positive drug tests: Racing Post 6/12/18

By: Richard Forristal Denis Egan, chief executive of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board, has revealed 2018 will produce an increase in the number of horses returning positive tests for banned substances, but insists there is nothing sinister about the spike despite the year being only at the halfway point. In each of the past three years,