By: Paulick Report Staff Racing Victoria stewards will have cobalt samples from several banned trainers retested as a matter of ‘due diligence', according to a new report at Racing.com. Chairman of stewards Terry Bailey stated that samples from the barns of trainers Mark Kavanagh, Danny O'Brien, and Lee and Shannon Hope would be retested after the
By: Patrick Bartley Racing Victoria stewards have issued 13 charges against leading Wodonga trainer Brian Cox following a race-day stable inspection earlier this year. The charges, which could be career ending, came about on March 10 when Racing Victoria's Compliance Assurance Team (CAT) inspected Cox's Wodonga stable and located an anabolic steroid that is a prohibited substance
By:  Shane Anderson The Victorian Racing Industry is set for an integrity shake-up after the Andrews Labor Government agreed in principle to the establishment of a new body to oversee integrity across the three codes of racing. Martin Pakula, Victoria’s Minister for Racing and Attorney-General, on Thursday released the review of the integrity structures of
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: Daryl Timms URINE samples from the three Lee and Shannon Hope horses to return positive cobalt tests will be retested by the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Racing Laboratory after claims it was not accredited to carry out the tests at the time. The urine has been stored at the laboratory since initial tests in
By: Tom Biddington Pakenham trainer Matthew Leek is the latest to become embroiled in the cobalt saga. Racing Victoria stewards announced on Tuesday that Leek’s horse Champagne Kisses returned a sample of 531 micrograms per litre of urine in a pre-race test on March 3. The mare finished 11th in the Evergreen Turf F&M Maiden
By: Shane Anderson Trainers Lee and Shannon Hope will argue that the laboratories employed by Racing Victoria to test for cobalt were not properly accredited when their appeals are heard by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) on August 1. In an explosive directions hearing in front of Judge Pamela Jenkins at VCAT on
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
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