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 events targeted in 2015 –