GORDON ELLIOTT IS set to face a disciplinary hearing on Wednesday after it emerged that his runner in the 2022 Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham tested positive for a banned substance after the race.
The British Horseracing Authority confirmed today that Zanahiyr, who finished third in the Cheltenham showpiece, tested positive for hydroxylidocaine in a post-race urine test.
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Elliott will go in front of an independent disciplinary panel tomorrow, accused of being in breach of Rule (K)2.2: Presence of a Category B Prohibited Substance.
The full statement reads:
“The independent Disciplinary Panel of the British Horseracing Authority will convene on Wednesday 8 February 2023 to hear the following referral:1. Whether or not Licensed Trainer and Responsible Person Mr Gordon Eliott is in breach of Rule (K)2.2 (Presence of a Category B Prohibited Substance) of the post-4 January 2022 Rules of Racing due to the presence of a Prohibited Substance (3- hydroxylidocaine) in a post-race urine sample taken from Zanahiyr on 15 March 2022 following the 15:30 Unibet Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy over 2 miles and ½ furlong at Cheltenham racecourse; and,2. (Whether) Zanahiyr should be disqualified from the relevant race under Rule (L)47.4 (Disqualification of horses in races already run) because its post-race urine sample tested positive for a Prohibited Substance.”
Ridden by Jack Kennedy, Zanahiyr was beaten four and a lengths by Honeysuckle in last season’s Champion Hurdle, with Epatante in second.
In fourth place and set to benefit from any disqualification was the Willie Mullins-trained Saint Roi.
Elliott was previously suspended by the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board in March 2021 after an image of the trainer sitting on a dead horse was widely circulated on social media.
Elliott was banned for 12 months, with half of that sentence suspended, and ordered to pay costs of €15,000 with the IHRB stating the punishment reflected “the seriousness of the offence and the damage to the Irish racing industry” after the image provoked huge public outcry.
Irish trainer Elliott set for disciplinary hearing after Zanahiyr positive test at Cheltenham
GORDON ELLIOTT IS set to face a disciplinary hearing on Wednesday after it emerged that his runner in the 2022 Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham tested positive for a banned substance after the race.
The British Horseracing Authority confirmed today that Zanahiyr, who finished third in the Cheltenham showpiece, tested positive for hydroxylidocaine in a post-race urine test.
Elliott will go in front of an independent disciplinary panel tomorrow, accused of being in breach of Rule (K)2.2: Presence of a Category B Prohibited Substance.
The full statement reads:
Ridden by Jack Kennedy, Zanahiyr was beaten four and a lengths by Honeysuckle in last season’s Champion Hurdle, with Epatante in second.
In fourth place and set to benefit from any disqualification was the Willie Mullins-trained Saint Roi.
Elliott was previously suspended by the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board in March 2021 after an image of the trainer sitting on a dead horse was widely circulated on social media.
Elliott was banned for 12 months, with half of that sentence suspended, and ordered to pay costs of €15,000 with the IHRB stating the punishment reflected “the seriousness of the offence and the damage to the Irish racing industry” after the image provoked huge public outcry.
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