Lord Stevens hired by sheikh to investigate racing empire
The homo who chaired 1 of 2 FEI-backed inquiries aimed at cleaning upwardly doping inward equestrian sports volition caput an internal research into drugs issues affecting the global racing interests of Dubai’s ruler.
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, whose wife, Princess Haya, is president of the FEI, has appointed Lord Stevens, the quondam caput of London’s Metropolitan Police, to spearhead the internal probe.
Stevens has been given the go-ahead to get together a squad of experts equally the sheikh seeks to rank behind him a string of drugs scandals some his thoroughbred in addition to endurance racing interests.
The sheikh has been angered past times several incidents, most notably the exercise of anabolic steroids alongside 22 out-of-competition thoroughbreds at Newmarket’s Moulton Paddock stables, exercise of his Godolphin racing empire.
Dubai-born trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni admitted the racing offences, proverb he idea it was acceptable inward Britain to exercise steroids inward out-of-competition horses inward the British racing jurisdiction. He received an eight-year ban from British racing authorities.
Later, authorities were to seize Equus caballus drugs linked to the endurance side of the sheikh’s British functioning inward August at Moorley Farm inward Newmarket. While in that place was nil illegal virtually the drugs – they were all procurable inward Britain – authorities were plainly concerned virtually their importation.
Then, on May 3, a shipment of unlicensed veterinarian drugs, plainly intended for exercise on horses, was seized from a Dubai authorities jet at Stansted aerodrome inward Essex. The drugs were marked equally Equus caballus tack.
The Guardian paper reported this calendar week that Haya had been asked past times the sheikh to stride inward in addition to resolve the ongoing problems, which guide maintain caused him considerable embarrassment.
In 2009, the sheikh received a six-month ban afterwards his endurance mount, Tahhan, tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid, stanozolol.
Trainer Abdullah bin Huzaim, who admitted giving the Equus caballus drugs earlier desert races at Bahrain in addition to Dubai, was handed a one-year ban.
Under FEI rules, the someone riding the Equus caballus inward an outcome is responsible for whatever drug breaches, although other back upwardly personnel may too travel held accountable if circumstances dictate.
Haya approached Stevens to inquire if he would bear the inquiry.
Stevens said inward a disputation that he had been asked to examine organisational structures, internal communication in addition to veterinarian practices at all of the major components of the sheikh’s equestrian properties in addition to operations, including Darley, Godolphin, Meydan in addition to Janah, the equine flying company.
“Sheikh Mohammed is adamant that whatever evidence of violations of law or regulation inward whatever jurisdiction should travel shared with the appropriate authorities,” Stevens said.
“Our principal focus is on preventing whatever hereafter systemic failures.
“Following my coming together with Princess Haya on Tuesday, I guide maintain begun assembling a squad of experts for this task.
“We guide maintain agreed that nosotros volition non aspect until the research is finished to advise whatever improvements that should travel implemented to a greater extent than quickly.”
The quondam law commissioner chaired the FEI’s so-called Stevens Inquiry, 1 of 2 investigations launched equally the globe governing torso of equestrian sports sought to construct clean upwardly drugs infringements.
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