Category: Drugs in Racing

Concerns are being raised in the harness racing industry about a new performance-enhancing drug – gas from refrigerators. The latest ‘fad drug’, which has also raised concerns with racing officials in Australia, sees xenon and argon gases extracted from refrigerators and in some cases, lightbulbs, then administered to the horses through a nebuliser. Industry veteran […]

The Persecution of Ben Currie is Writ Large by the John O’Shea Decision – All Men Are Equal Above and Below the Turf – Except the Toowoomba Tornado

by : peterprofitracingSeptember 23, 2020October 16, 2021

Ben Currie and John O’Shea were convicted of the identical offence of presenting a horse to race when it had traces of the prohibited substance Methamphetamine in its system. O’Shea’s horse also had amphetamine in its system. Currie’s did not. O’Shea had two previous convictions for dishonesty to Stewards on his record at the time […]

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