Trainer who doped 22 horses was acting alone – report
A racing probe has concluded that disgraced trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni acted lone inward giving anabolic steroids to 22 horses at Godolphin’s Moulton Paddocks yard inward Newmarket, merely highlighted direction failings that created an surroundings that enabled the offences to occur.
The British Horseracing Authority announced the conclusion of its investigation together with the completion of its written report into the high-profile doping breaches.
All affected horses were nether the aid of Al Zarooni until his disqualification on Apr 25 this year.
The say-so said it had decided non to number whatever farther disciplinary charges.
“There was no evidence of whatever other parties existence involved amongst the management of prohibited substances beyond those identified at the Disciplinary Panel hearing on 25th April.
“In addition, no evidence was constitute to challenge or dispute the findings of the Disciplinary Panel amongst regard to the events which took house inside the yard.
“The investigation did non discover whatever evidence to propose the determination to locomote anabolic steroids involved those that tin live on considered equally Al Zarooni’s superiors or whatever of the other senior figures at the yard, including the assistant trainer, Charlie Appleby, together with caput lad, Oliver Costello.
“However, the investigation did highlight a number of fundamental failings both inward price of physical care for together with inside the direction construction at Moulton Paddocks. This created an surroundings inward which these offences were able to live on perpetrated past times Al Zarooni without existence detected past times others inside the yard.
“The investigation constitute that Al Zarooni was able to human activeness inward a mode which marginalised several of his senior staff, which afterwards resulted inward these events existence able to unfold exclusively without their noesis or oversight.”
The say-so said its fundamental findings convey been submitted to Godolphin direction equally a direct to implementing immediate structural together with procedural changes considered necessary at Moulton Paddocks. The yard is part of the Godolphin racing enterprise owned past times Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
The say-so said it had a robust stable yard inspection together with equine anti-doping together with medication command programme.
“It was this programme that uncovered these serious breaches of the Rules of Racing. However, the yard volition live on plain of study to enhanced monitoring for a stream of fourth dimension until the BHA is satisfied that a reduced degree of scrutiny would live on appropriate.
“This volition include the BHA making both announced together with unannounced visits to Moulton Paddocks to bear out farther testing together with monitor progress of the implementation of changes inside the yard equally a number of this report.”
The BHA’s manager of integrity, legal together with risk, Adam Brickell, said: “After an extensive together with thorough investigation nosotros convey constitute no novel evidence which contradicts that which was presented to the Disciplinary Panel.
“The evidence gathered from this investigation has confirmed that Mahmood Al Zarooni acted autonomously together with was the somebody solely responsible for the events that took house at Moulton Paddocks.
“However, nosotros convey identified pregnant failings inward the processes inward house together with direction construction at the yard which allowed these events to unfold without senior direction becoming aware. These findings convey been shared amongst Godolphin.
“We are satisfied that Charlie Appleby had no awareness of the actions of Al Zarooni. This was made clear to the Licensing Committee, which has confirmed that Appleby is suitable to concord a trainer’s licence.
“We are aware that Appleby has already begun the physical care for of implementing changes to the direction construction together with procedures at the yard together with nosotros volition encourage him, equally the licensed trainer, to popular off along to implement such changes, including addressing all of the points make inward our report.
“Conversely, Al Zarooni’s refusal to co-operate farther amongst the investigation volition live on drawn to the attending of the Licensing Committee should he always attempt to furnish to British Racing next his eight-year disqualification.”
BHA main executive Paul Bittar added: “The investigation physical care for has been a complex together with challenging one. However, I am satisfied that the conclusions reached are an accurate reflection of events.
“Fortunately cases such equally this – both inward price of scale together with profile – are incredibly rare.”
Bittar said the example may good bear witness to live on a catalyst for pregnant policy modify inward some countries, amongst efforts already nether agency to harmonise rules betwixt racing jurisdictions on the locomote of anabolic steroids.
“While nosotros believe the sport’s independent regulation has stood upwards throughout this process, the BHA is committed to popular off along to struggle against those who endeavor to cheat.”
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