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 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: 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: 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 tested positive to the banned race-day drug Ibuprofen. The drug had been used on Signoff as
By: Patrick Bartley Racing Victoria has resisted making changes to its drug-free policy, despite calls for a relaxation in the rule over positive swabs for the anti-inflammatory substance ibuprofen. Racing Victoria announced after its monthly board meeting that it sympathises with owners of horses that are currently continuing to return positive swabs long after they
By Daryl Timms RACING Victoria could consider the introduction of a proposal put to Horse Racing Ireland to impose life bans on horses that test positive to a prohibited substance. Under the recommendations released in a 16-page report by the Irish Thoroughbred Industry Anti-Doping Task Force in Dublin, horses such as those who tested positive
By: Danny Russell PROMISING colt Bondeiger was sold as part of a seven-figure deal last year despite stewards knowing the horse had tested positive for cobalt. Bondeiger, trained by Danny O’Brien, had finished second in the VRC Derby behind Preferment in November and was heading towards stallion-making race the Australian Guineas in the autumn. The
By: Daryl Timms RACING Victoria will soon be able to test for formaldehyde — an embalming fluid — which stewards suspect is being injected into horses with a history of bleeding from the lungs. “It is something that is very much on our radar at the moment,” chief steward Terry Bailey said. “And it will
By Peter Scargill Australia: The use of a 'spy' in the Peter Moody stable to pass on information about the trainer was considered Racing Victoria's chief steward Terry Bailey revealed on Wednesday. Leading trainer Moody has threatened to quit racing saying he feels victimised and is fed up with some of the rules and rulemakers
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