Tuesday, February 18, 2014

The British Horseracing Authority and Ascot Racecourse are confident that they have measures in plac


In April, Mahmood Al Zarooni, leading trainer for the Godolphin stables, was banned for eight months after 22 horses at his yard were found to have been given performance-enhancing anabolic steroids.
A separate investigation is under way into a number of other trainers amid allegations that their horses were administered the same drug, stanozolol, in medication. One trainer, Gerard Butler, prom girl is already facing charges for this offence.
The scale of the Al Zarooni affair has caused genuine shock in racing circles and raised questions over the way the sport polices the use of drugs, particularly at international meetings like Ascot. Mahmood Al Zarooni
The Royal meeting has become a genuine international event, with entrants from America, Australia and South Africa a key part of its appeal. Overseas sprinters such as the unbeaten Australian great Black Caviar, one of the stars of last year's meeting, have become a fixture.
Barry Irwin, co-owner of Animal Kingdom, the Kentucky Derby winner who was set to be the star-turn of the opening day when it ran in the first race, the Queen Anne Stakes, told Sky News drugs are a regrettable fact of life in American racing.
He is campaigning to have Lasix, an anti-bleeding agent, banned in the USA. Until it is, he says, he has little choice but to use it. Black Caviar's owners after receiving the trophy last year from the Queen
"But I am campaigning harder than anyone else to have the rules changed. The reason we are talking about Lasix is because it is the last drug standing. Once we get rid of that then we will be in better shape."
"I personally don't use them (steroids) on my horses and I tend to think that going forward our rules will fall into line with British rules," he said. "The use of them would be very minimal in Australia but I would prefer that they were not used at all."
Dr Peter Webbon, chief executive of the Animal Health Trust and Britain's leading equine vet, is in little doubt that anabolic steroids such as stanozolol, the Al Zarooni drug famously used by Ben Johnson, can confer a distinct advantage, but says their use is unethical and callous.
The British Horseracing Authority and Ascot Racecourse are confident that they have measures in place to ensure that racing is fair and honest at its showpiece event. And Paul Bittar, chief executive of the BHA, says Britain will campaign for reform of rules around the world.
"The prom girl rules we have in place are the high-water mark in world racing and we want to encourage others to adopt them," he said. "We are pretty confident that the procedures are stringent enough to give punters confidence."
He said: "People can have confidence that the regulator has dealt with it without fear or favour, and I think with Godolphin we have shown we treat everyone the same under the rules, prom girl including charging the leading trainer in the country."
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