Trials testing ramps up after bute doping: Stuff.co.nz 2/8/15

By: Barry Lichter Racing industry leaders are downplaying the possible repercussions of revelations that four horses were drugged with pain-killing phenylbutazone at a trial meeting, believing it to be an isolated case. But the Racing Integrity Unit has nevertheless warned unscrupulous trainers that it is ramping up its testing at trials, a crucial shop window

Trainer Brett McDonald charged with doping violations at Ruakaka trials: Stuff.co.nz 2/4/15

By: Barry Lichter Cambridge trainer Brett McDonald was today charged with administering the pain-killing drug bute to four runners at the Ruakaka trials, including the horse which broke both its front legs and crashed, seriously injuring jockey Christopher Dell. The Racing Integrity Unit charged McDonald, father of champion jockey James McDonald, and his stable foreman

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