Gerard Butler to appeal disciplinary tribunal’s findings

British thoroughbred trainer Gerard Butler, handed a five-year ban final calendar week over an anabolic steroid institute inwards several of his horses, is appealing.

The British Horseracing Authority confirmed Butler’s appeal against the displinary tribunal’s findings  in a tweet. It said he would rest disqualified pending the appeal.

Butler had admitted all 7 charges against him relating to the finding of stanozolol inwards samples taken from nine horses inwards his help or control.

In 4 cases the pith was later identified equally Rexogin, which was injected past times Butler himself.

In the 5 other cases the horses were identified equally having been treated amongst Sungate on veterinarian advice. Both products incorporate stanozolol, listed equally a prohibited substance.

The panel, inwards imposing the ban, noted that Butler had administered Rexogin past times injection into joints using a method restricted past times police pull to qualified veterinarian surgeons.

The panel also pointed to the fact that Butler took no veterinarian advice earlier carrying out these procedures, did non induce got the horses properly assessed prior to their treatment, made no recording inwards his medication records of having injected the horses, in addition to that he afterwards allowed the horses to hold upward treated past times veterinarian surgeons without informing them of the prior administrations.

The panel said it was non appropriate for a trainer to order he was able to undertake an invasive veterinarian physical care for on the footing that he had seen veterinarian surgeons performing the procedure.

He created unnecessary risks for the horses inwards obtaining the drug from an unlicensed root in addition to his demeanour inwards administering the injections was consistent amongst the underhand in addition to covert vogue inwards which he purchased the drug, the panel found.

The panel noted that it was exclusively when questioned at the hearing that Butler revealed for the get-go fourth dimension that he had purchased the stanozolol online from the United Kingdom of Great Britain in addition to Northern Ireland of Britain in addition to Northern Republic of Ireland Steroids Pharmacy.

Rexogin  contained stanozolol at a concentration that was 10 times that of Sungate.

“In the panel’s view, Butler’s actions inwards giving Rexogin were an appalling failure to human activity inwards the best interests of the horses inwards his care,” the disciplinary panel found.

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