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There are whispers out of Tasmania that a number of horses from different stables have become the latest in a conga line of gallopers that have thrown positive swabs to the banned breast cancer drug Formestane. Formestane is an estrogen inhibitor which when taken or administered has a consequent effect of increasing a horse’s testosterone […]
Formestane is an aromatase inhibitor and an anti-estrogenic substance. It can block the conversion of androgens into oestrogens. It can therefore be classified as a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERMS). In the Australian Rules of Racing, compounds listed in Schedule 1, Part 1, Division 1 as prohibited substances include but are not limited to SERMS. […]
The Jason Warren trained Grand Pierro had traveled down from Mornington to race in the Adelaide Cup. Four days before the Cup, on the Thursday, the Stewards took out of competition samples from the horse. On Cup Day on the Monday it was inspected by Stewards in the morning. No marks, scratches, puncture wounds or […]
What is it with Woodlands Stud’s owners and positive swabs? We told you yesterday about how a pacer owned by Dr Andrew Grierson, part-owner of the stud, had thrown a positive swab that will come to public attention soon, and we told you the week before that about a horse of Cran and Chrissy Dalgety’s […]
We have been writing a lot about cobalt positive swabs lately, predominantly because we’ve been struck by the huge differences in penalties being applied by Stewards in different states for identical offences. In Queensland we have seen a number of trainers escape with fines or suspended sentences after their horses have thrown positive swabs to […]
Here is an interesting one. A horse owned by Dr Andrew Grierson the principal of Woodlands Stud is said to have thrown a positive swab. Dr Grierson is the NZ Racing Board (Thoroughbred NZ) Veterinary Advisor, and in that capacity is often called on as the expert witness in positive swab cases, just as he […]
Cran, Carter and Chrissie Dalgety (pictured above)s The word according Lurch (John Dunn) out of the Woodend Beach bunker this week is that one of Cran and Chrissie Dalgety’s horses that raced at the recent Nelson meeting has thrown a positive swab to a prohibited substance. Lurch is telling people that the dirty swab has […]
A team of Stewards and vets turned out in force at the Mildura trots last month to conduct a surprise race night swabbing blitz. Three Stewards accompanied by four vets rocked up to the track on a Wednesday night and pre-race swabbed 88 of the 89 runners on the program, with the only horse that […]
The QRIC Stewards team performed much needed without notice drug and alcohol testing at the Mackay racetrack this morning. Or they tried to anyway. No-one was there. Mackay is usually a bustling training center in the early hours before dawn when the QRIC team arrived at 4.3oam, but it was like a ghost town as […]
Paul Tonkin (no relation to Peter or Clayton) is a small-time trot trainer from Victoria who from time to time crosses the border to race his tiny team at Wagga in New South Wales. Tonkin suffers from chronic pain resulting from injuries he suffered in a car accident some years ago, and is dependent on […]
