It was business as usual for embattled trainer Bevan Laming when lightly-raced Cape Silver won the IPG Print Plate at Doomben on Wednesday.Laming and his son Richard made headlines around the country last week after two gallopers from their Cranbourne stables reportedly returned an irregularity to the banned substance EPO.Laming, who trains at Jacobs Well on the Gold Coast, was reluctant to comment on preliminary results on the samples allegedly found to have traces of the blood booster by a lab

It was business as usual for embattled trainer Bevan Laming when lightly-raced Cape Silver won the IPG Print Plate at Doomben on Wednesday.

Laming and his son Richard made headlines around the country last week after two gallopers from their Cranbourne stables reportedly returned an irregularity to the banned substance EPO.

Laming, who trains at Jacobs Well on the Gold Coast, was reluctant to comment on preliminary results on the samples allegedly found to have traces of the blood booster by a laboratory in Hong Kong.

The samples have been sent to the United Kingdom for further testing and results are expected later this week.

The results were from out-of-competition testing and Richard Laming has denied using the blood-boosting substance.

While the EPO scandal was off limits, Bevan Laming was prepared to talk about the future prospects of Cape Silver who finished powerfully to score by 1-3/4 lengths in the 1650-metre maiden.

The five-year-old son of Cape Cross was having only his fourth start and second this campaign following his first-up third in a 1350-metre maiden at Doomben last month.

"He's well bred and I was particularly pleased with the way he relaxed today," Laming said.

"The mile (1650m) made the difference today.

"Unfortunately he's been a bit unsound throughout his career but I think he'll make a good stayer later on."

Cape Silver suffered from tendon problems early in his career which only got underway in his four-year-old year.

"I had to put him in the paddock for over a year about two years ago before he had even had his first start," Laming said.

"But he's come good with time and I think he can go on to better things once he gets over further ground."

Cape Silver is a half-brother to Laming's useful stayer Eskimo Dan who has won 10 of his 35 starts including the Group Three Eclipse Stakes (2100m) at Sandown in November.

His mother Silver Eskimo only won two races but her best performance was when she was runner-up to A Little Kiss in the Group One Queensland Oaks (2400m) at Eagle Farm in 1990.

Queensland Racing Limited stewards said no signs of EPO had been detected so far in samples taken from horses which have raced in Queensland since Christmas.

Chief steward Wade Birch said upwards of 500 tests had been carried out this calendar year including 160 taken during the Brisbane winter carnival.

"We're still awaiting the latest screening results from our laboratory from around 50 samples taken from horses only last week," he said.

Meanwhile, jockey Tony Pattillo on Wednesday became the first rider in Queensland to be fined under the new national whip rule.

Pattillo was fined half of his prizemoney percentage and forfeited his riding fee for excessive use of the whip on Andy Said who won the Moreton Hire Plate (1030m).

The Gold Coast jockey used the whip on six occasions in consecutive strides inside the 200 metres, twice the legal limit.