By Daryl Timms RACING Victoria chairman David Moodie has been investigated over claims he told former trainer Peter Moody that horses trained by Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh had returned positive tests to cobalt. It’s alleged Moodie, then a Racing Victoria board member, told Moody of the positive tests before the trainers were informed by
By: Brent Zerafa Racing Victoria stewards have presented Peter Moody an opportunity to appeal his six-month suspension but the leading trainer is unlikely to take up the offer. Moody received a letter this week explaining that due to doubt over the accreditation of testing laboratories in the Mark Kavanagh and Danny O'Brien cobalt cases, RV
By: Patrick Bartley Racing Victoria stewards inspected the Caulfield stables of Ciaron Maher after reports that suspended trainer Peter Moody had been in the trainer's area at trackwork and present at his former stables. Maher has taken over part of Moody's stables when the Black Caviar trainer retired after being suspended for six months, with another
By: Racing.com staff Racing Victoria Stewards will not charge trainer John Leek despite his galloper Spirit Cent returning a urine sample above the legal cobalt threshold last July. According to stewards, ‘a thorough investigation and consideration of veterinary and legal advice’ led them to decide against taking any action against Leek or Spirit Cent because
By: Grace Ramage Racing Victoria Stewards are considering whether to appeal the suspension handed to trainer Peter Moody by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board on Thursday. Chief Steward Terry Bailey told Racing.com’s Racing Ahead on RSN 927 on Friday that the Stewards will discuss their right to appeal the 12-month suspension, of which six
By: TDN Trainer Peter Moody will sit out of training the next six months as penalty for presenting a horse to race under his care with cobalt in its system above the permitted threshold. The suspension handed down by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board was actually 12 months, but if Moody doesn’t commit a
By: TDN Trainer Peter Moody has been cleared of a charge for administering cobalt for the purpose of affecting the performance of his former charge Lidari (Fr) (Acclamation {GB}); however, the champion Victorian trainer still faces charges for presenting the Group 2 winner to race with the substance in his system above the permitted threshold,
By: Clay Wilson New Zealand Sports Hall of Famer Lance O'Sullivan and co-trainer Andrew Scott say the high cobalt readings for three of their horses came from water troughs the horses shared with cattle. The troughs had been dosed with cobalt  to assist the health of the cattle, their lawyer said. The pair admitted three of their horses raced with
By: Daryl Timms STEWARDS are yet to determine whether Darren Weir will be charged over the positive Signoff returned after winning the Lord Stakes at Caulfield on Boxing Day. Weir is regarded as an innocent party after the stayer Âtested positive to the banned race-day drug Ibuprofen. The drug had been used on Signoff as
The Peter Moody court case over the ongoing cobalt scandal continues apace, and it appears it will continue to do so until February at least. The trial resumes Monday when seven more witnesses are to be called, but legal counsel for the stewards is not available after that session comes to a close and both
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