We are not comfortably satisfied that the outcomes of the relevant races were in fact affected. Therefore, the cases of the Stewards succeed or fail on the “likely to affect” provision. It in turn succeeds or fails on the finding of the capacity of the jigger treatment given to the horses to affect the outcome of the races. If this is not so proven to our comfortable satisfaction, the horses are back in a situation of the “clover” trainer – treatment was given, but it was not established that such treatment was likely to affect the outcome of the races in question.
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