Noodlum

As always Galah you are cherry picking. Have you read the lengthy RIU decisions on the Smoken Up positive? There are lots of issues. For example how does a control sample return a positive to DMSO? That should never ever happen.

Yes they would think twice because they know that every time their horse is swabbed or blood taken that they don't have to do the same! But where do you draw the line? Did you know that half the population have used marijuana? Or that more than half of our youth by the time they get to University have taken one or more recreational drugs? Where is the evidence that there is extensive use of performance enhancing drugs?

But keep up with what? I've read all the cases of those I've listed. The dodgiest one surprised me. It was a cobalt case. 99% of the cases were mistakes not deliberate attempts to cheat. Now for the conspiracy theorists that support the theory that there is an underbelly of cheats using performance enhancing drugs and doping their horses to high heaven the only explanation can be is that the RIU's testing regime is woefully inadequate. The Tramadol/Chilcott case and Professor Tobin's evidence is the classic case. I remember at the time that everyone was bagging Chilcott to the level of personally abusing her. That to me is what stinks about the industry. Some arseholes are quick to throw stones mostly driven by envy.

Well spell it out. "WHAT IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME?" Look at the list - there is SFA of anything! No evidence of widespread "cheating"!

Nup - under Newmarket's "criteria" you can't include the Smiths in this list.

Other than the TCO2 I haven't found ONE case where a performance enhancing substance has been administered deliberately. Even with the TCO2 cases they were within 10% of the threshold! Yep doping is rife in the industry! Important to note that some of those appearing in the "Honest" list are also on this list. Unlike some it sometimes pays to look at each cases on a case by case basis.

Name: NA ChilcottDate: September 2013Offence: Rules 1004(1)(1A)(2)Drug Identified: 0-desmethyltramadol (Tramadol) - no source identified - Professor Tobin stated the 100 picograms per millilitre of the metabolite O-desmethyltramadol detected by the Hong Kong laboratory was equivalent to one second in a person’s life if he or she were 320 years old. One picogram was one part per trillion. He added that to his knowledge this was the lowest concentration of O-desmethyltramadol ever reported in a horse. In his opinion, there was no possibility whatsoever of a pharmacological effect on the racing performance of the horse.Penalty: $3,300 fine.

Name: NA Chilcott Date: February 2020 Offence: Rules 1004(1)(1A)(2) Drug Identified: Salbutamol - treatment for respiratory airway disease misjudged withholding period. Penalty: $5,500 fine.

To round this off.....must include an Ozzie! Name: LJ Justice Date: October 2011 Offence: Rules 1004(1)(1A)(2) Drug Identified: dimethyl sulphoxide ("DMSO") at a level of 25.8 mg/L (threshold 15g/l) Horse involved - Smoken Up winning the Interdom Grand Final.

Name: R Brosnan Date: February 2018 Offence: Rules 1004(1)(1A)(2) Drug Identified: Cobalt - 130 mg/l (threshold 100mg/l). Source not confirmed but Cobalt Chloride found in vials. Penalty: $19,200 fine. Horse disqualified.

Name: GR Dixon Date: April 2018 Offence: Rules 1004(1)(1A)(2) Drug Identified: Cobalt - 193 ug/l (threshold 100ug/l) - source identified as feed additives. Penalty: $6,500 fine. Horse disqualified.

Name: SR Wilson Date: July 2020 Offence: Rules 1004(1)(1A)(2) Drug Identified: Cobalt - 153 mg/l (threshold 100mg/l). Penalty: Horse disqualified.

Name: GJ Anderson Date: December 2019 Offence: Rules 1004(1)(1A)(2) Drug Identified: Cobalt - 130 mg/l (threshold 100mg/l). Penalty: Horse disqualified.

Name: SJ Hale Date: August 2018 Offence: Rules 1004(1)(1A)(2) Drug Identified: Cobalt 120 mg/l (new rule threshold 100mg/l) source - mineral salt block. Penalty: Fine $4,500 Horse disqualified.

Name: S Walkinshaw Date: April 2016 Offence: Rules 1004(1)(1A)(2) Drug Identified: Cobalt 600mg/l (old rule threshold 200mg/l) source - Equine Blood Booster that had been mislabelled or not manufactured to specifications. Penalty: Two Horses disqualified.

Name: GJ Anderson & AL Hoffman Date: March 2013 Offence: Rules 1004(1)(1A)(2) Drug Identified: Morphine - poppy consumption. Penalty: $1,250 fine. Horse disqualified.

Name: GJ AndersonDate: March 2020Offence: Rules 1004(1)(1A)(2)Drug Identified: Cobalt - 130 mg/l (threshold 100mg/l).Penalty: $5,000 fine. Horse disqualified.

Name: A Neal & L Neal Date: May 2015 Offence: Rules 1004(1)(1A)(2) Drug Identified: Flunixin - anti-inflammatory and pain relief. Penalty: $3,150 fine. Horse disqualified.

Name: AR Beck Date: February 2021 Offence: Rules 1004(1)(1A)(2) Drug Identified: Cobalt 290 ug/l (threshold 100 ug/l) - note threshold halved since 2016 Dalgety case. Source feed additives. Penalty: $8,000 fine. Horse disqualified

Name: DG BurrowsDate: May 2018Offence: Rules 1004(1)(1A)(2)Drug Identified: Kavain (Kava)Penalty: $9,000 fine. Horse disqualified.

Name: KD Townley Date: March 2018 Offence: Rules 1004(1)(1A)(2) Drug Identified: Ketoprofen Penalty: $7,000 fine. Horse disqualified.

Name: C Dalgety Date: February 2013 Offence: Rules 1004(1)(1A)(2) Drug Identified: Phenylbutazone and Oxyphenbutazone - source "Bute" - no levels given as zero tolerance threshold. Penalty: $6,000 fine. Horse disqualified.

Name: C Dalgety Date: May 2016 Offence: Rules 1004(1)(1A)(2) Drug Identified: Cobalt 226 ug/l (threshold 220 ug/l) source McGrouther Equine Mineral Mix Penalty: $32,000 fine.

Name: JJ Clementson Date: December 2019 Offence: Rules 1004(1)(1A)(2) Drug Identified: Morphine - source was determined to be foraging of Poppy's. Penalty: $2,000 fine. Horse disqualified.

Name: BR Negus Date: March 2018 Offence: Rules 1004(1)(1A)(2) Drug Identified: Ketoprofen Penalty: Fine $5,500. Horse disqualified.