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We have written numerous times about the spate of positive swabs to Levamisole that have been recorded in NSW in recent years, and have repeatedly raised the question of why the Hanging State appeared to be the only jurisdiction in which positives to the substance were being thrown. The news published yesterday that the commonly […]
30 October 2025 As a result of a HRNSW investigation, the Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory (ARFL) have detected traces of Levamisole in a sample of Fenbender 100. An image of this product is provided for your information. Until further notice, as Levamisole is a prohibited substance, trainers are cautioned in relation to the use […]
Extract from HRNSW Stewards findings in the positive swab case of trainer Kerry Ann Morris The highest concentrations of levamisole residues were found in the liver in all species tested. In cattle, sheep and goats, at 7 days after treatment, the yeast residues in the liver samples were below 100/g/kg. At 14 days, they were […]
Serious questions are being asked about the QRIC’s commitment to participant and horse’s safety in Central QLD following surprise drug testing of barrier staff yesterday morning at the Callaghan Park track. The first issue is the efficacy of the testing apparatus used, with some claiming certain barrier officials were ‘high as kites’ yet returned negative […]
Bold Medley Jujon is a pacer who has gone around the track seventy times in official races, so his form is very well exposed. The fastest winning time that he had ever run before today was 1.54. It’s fastest time ever was 1.52.6 which it ran a year ago in a race at Albion Park […]
The Queensland riding ranks, already decimated by disqualifications imposed during the doctored Health Assessment Report scandal, have taken another hit after jockey Shania Willis was on Wednesday suspended for 9 months after returning a positive swab to a banned substance in random urine sample taken during official trials held at the Gatton track on the […]
Many in harness racing are puzzled as to why NSW trot trainer Brian Portelli hasn’t been stood down after his horse Red Sapphire threw a positive swab to Levamisole after winning a race at Penrith late last month. After all, Jack Trainor was stood down in June last year when his horse Manhattan threw a […]
Story by James Tzaferis @ betsty.com.au, 9 Oct 25 Veteran South Australian horseman Darryl Carrison will attempt to gain a stay of proceedings that will allow him to continue training while he appeals a four year disqualification for a charge relating to synthetic EPO use. Carrison fronted the stewards on Tuesday following a long-running investigation […]
Autologous Conditioned Serum (ACS): ACS contains anti-degenerative compounds such as Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Protein (IL-1ra). IL-1ra blocks the inflammatory mediator Interleukin-1 from binding to its receptor and triggering an inflammatory response that leads to tissue destruction. Another important component of ACS is Interleukin 10 (IL-10). Recent study of IL-10 validates its usefulness in limiting and […]
More than two months ago we tipped you off that a South Australian gallops trainer had been raided by Stewards who busted them with synthetic peptides manufactured in India in their possession. It appears now that the day of reckoning for the gallops trainer with the peptides is soon to arrive, with prominent racing writer […]
