By: Stuff.Co.NZ/ AAP Champion trainer Chris Waller has appealed the severity of a $30,000 fine handed to him after a horse from his stable tested positive for methylamphetamine. Betcha Thinking returned a positive result for the drug known as ice after running second at Canterbury on October 5 but the source of the horse's contamination
By: Racing.Com Staff For the second time in his career, Sydney's leading trainer Chris Waller has been fined $30,000 by Racing NSW stewards after he pleaded guilty to presenting a horse to race with a banned substance in its system. At Friday's conclusion of the methamphetamine case involving Waller's horse Betcha Thinking, the trainer was
By: Adam Pengilly Racing NSW hasn't ruled out increasing the number of licensees it tests for illegal drugs after confirming a second sample from a Chris Waller-trained horse returned a positive to the drug ice. Stewards will convene a hearing on Friday into Betcha Thinking recording two post-race urine samples – from a race at Canterbury on
Cup of lies: John Camilleri denies claim a horse won a Melbourne Cup on cobalt and EPO Nic Ashman THE Melbourne Cup has been rocked by an allegation that a horse won Australia’s greatest race while on “cobalt and EPO”. Day three of the Sam Kavanagh cobalt inquiry proved to be the most explosive on
By: Christian Nicolussi MORE than 20 years on since the Golden Slipper drama involving Tierce, Clarry Conners has landed in hot water with stewards again over the banned drug lignocaine. Conners was slugged a whopping $25,000 after Tierce got the cash in the 1991 Golden Slipper and Group 1 Sires Produce, but then returned a
By: Chris Roots Premier trainer Chris Waller was fined $30,000 by Racing NSW stewards on Thursday afternoon after The Metropolitan winner Junoob tested positive to Frusemide after its group 1 success in October. Junoob was subsequently disqualified, elevating stablemate Opinion into first place and the late Araldo, which died after an accident returning to scale
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