Racing Victoria dismisses EPO allegations
Racing Victoria has strongly denied allegations made yesteryear the Melbourne-based Lord's Day Herald sun paper over the role of the performance-enhancing drug, Erythropoietin (EPO), inward the thoroughbred industry.
The denial came from Racing Victoria’s full general director of integrity, Dayle Brown, who defended the the world racing body’s tape on drugs.
The paper alleged that role of the drug – the purported drug of selection for disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong – was widespread inward Australian racing
Brown said: “We direct keep a robust too active testing authorities inward house for both EPO too opiate-based stimulants too in that location is no prove to dot the systematic role of either inside this state.
“Indeed, the Lord's Day Herald sun articles gave lilliputian describe of piece of job concern human relationship to the drug-testing authorities currently inward house inward Victoria, inward item for EPO, too lacked core when it came to prove of the purported widespread drug use.
“We would hold upwards naive to hollo back that people haven’t too won’t force the boundaries to accomplish an optimum result, only to advise that EPO role is widespread is inappropriate given the prove at manus too the testing inward place.
“I would encourage those unnamed trainers that are quoted inside the articles to heighten their concerns alongside the integrity subdivision too if they direct keep evidence, to create it too nosotros volition investigate accordingly.”
Brown has equally good labelled equally ridiculous allegations that high profile trainers are non targeted for testing to ensure no bad publicity is afforded the manufacture if a positive swab is detected.
A sum of 3298 samples were collected from horses prepared yesteryear the top 10 Victorian trainers during the 2011-12 racing season, a figure representing one-half of all starters from those stables.
“The allegation that our drug-testing authorities is structured to minimise acquit on too distort statistics could non hold upwards farther from the truth.
“The state’s premier trainers are indeed those well-nigh tested because they direct keep greater starter numbers too are winning to a greater extent than races,” Brown said.
“Our drug-testing strategies are broad too varied, encompassing out-of-competition too raceday testing. Those strategies involve random testing across a broad spectrum of trainers too scenarios too target testing based on intelligence too performance.
“One of the fundamental platforms of our plan is deterrence too hence whatever positive swab, hold upwards it from a large or pocket-size stable, serves equally a really of import populace reminder for all participants that illegal drug role volition non hold upwards tolerated inward this sport.”
More than 14,000 drug samples were taken from horses during the 2011-12 Victorian thoroughbred racing season, resulting inward ix positive swabs.
“Each sample collected is screened for the presence of EPO, opiates too a broad hit of their derivatives, nevertheless in that location is no prove of systematic role of either equally has been alleged,” Brown said.
He said it was pertinent to Federal Reserve annotation that Racing Analytical Services, the Victorian-based drug testing laboratory, similar a shot has a confirmatory exam for EPO. “So nosotros are good equipped inward this the world to honor too ultimately prosecute its use.”
In 2009, Racing Victoria’s integrity subdivision worked closely alongside Harness Racing Victoria’s integrity subdivision too Canada’s Ontario Racing Commission to develop out-of-competition testing strategies to honor EPO too its synthetic form, Darbepoetin Alfa.
Following the implementation of those strategies, Racing Analytical Services screened diverse blood samples, resulting inward a publish of thoroughbred too standardbred horses testing positive to EPO. These were successfully prosecuted inward both codes.
“Since then, nosotros direct keep continued our authorities of testing horses for the presence of EPO inward its diverse forms too no positives to EPO or its derivatives direct keep been detected,” Brown said.
Since the initial EPO detection inward 2009, the testing laboratory has laid upwards a Bioanalytical Research Unit, funded through a $A4 1000000 contribution yesteryear the Victorian Coalition Government, too developed a confirmatory methodology for detecting EPO inward equines, which is a kickoff for whatever laboratory inward Australia.
The evolution of a confirmatory exam for EPO inside Victoria agency that ‘A’ samples no longer ask to hold upwards sent abroad for testing later on the lab’s initial screening test.
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