THE first of what may be a number of positive tests to the banned substance aminocaproic acid has been returned in thoroughbred racing, reports Craig Young in the Sydney Morning Herald.His report says: Racing NSW stewards issued a warning to all trainers on Monday about the imported product and yesterday the thoroughbred law enforcers announced the first positive to ACA, believed to be used to treat bleeders. Coonamble trainer Cec Hodgson's galloper Dusty Crown returned the positive after the ge
THE first of what may be a number of positive tests to the banned substance aminocaproic acid has been returned in thoroughbred racing, reports Craig Young in the Sydney Morning Herald.
His report says: Racing NSW stewards issued a warning to all trainers on Monday about the imported product and yesterday the thoroughbred law enforcers announced the first positive to ACA, believed to be used to treat bleeders. Coonamble trainer Cec Hodgson's galloper Dusty Crown returned the positive after the gelding won at the Mungindi Jockey Club meeting on July 11. An inquiry will be held at the offices of the Tamworth Jockey Club on September 3.
''This drug is not registered in Australia, it is a prohibited substance and has no place in racing,'' chief steward Ray Murrihy said at Randwick yesterday. ''It is coming out of America, it might be all right over there but not here.'' Murrihy said ACA was also arriving here in bottles that don't reveal its withholding period.