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Premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller is assisting Racing NSW stewards, who are in the early stages of an investigation into an irregularity returned by one of his horses to methamphetamine.
Waller told The Australian this afternoon that the horse involved is not Winx, but a horse without a high profile dating back to early October.
“The horse has shown a trace, certainly not suggesting it has been injected, but it has come in contact with a user of the substance ‘ice’,” Waller said.
The initial sample has come back positive and the stewards are awaiting the result of a second sample for a confirmatory analysis.
Testing is also being carried to establish if it is a staff member that is using the drug.
“We work very hard to make sure our staff is always clean and that will step up to another level,” Waller said.
“We also have to work out whether it is coming from someone within our system or whether it is someone a horse comes in contact with outside of our stable when it leaves for the races and comes home from the races.
“It’s just something you’ve got to work through tirelessly to come up with a source,” he said.
“As much as this (incident) is a problem, so is the drug itself. We’ll be working hard and, if we do find a source, to ensure that person is firstly dealt with and helped with the issue because it is a horrible drug.”
Source: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/spo...e/news-story/58a9f9b09504c3864744ff3ed917d29a
Waller told The Australian this afternoon that the horse involved is not Winx, but a horse without a high profile dating back to early October.
“The horse has shown a trace, certainly not suggesting it has been injected, but it has come in contact with a user of the substance ‘ice’,” Waller said.
The initial sample has come back positive and the stewards are awaiting the result of a second sample for a confirmatory analysis.
Testing is also being carried to establish if it is a staff member that is using the drug.
“We work very hard to make sure our staff is always clean and that will step up to another level,” Waller said.
“We also have to work out whether it is coming from someone within our system or whether it is someone a horse comes in contact with outside of our stable when it leaves for the races and comes home from the races.
“It’s just something you’ve got to work through tirelessly to come up with a source,” he said.
“As much as this (incident) is a problem, so is the drug itself. We’ll be working hard and, if we do find a source, to ensure that person is firstly dealt with and helped with the issue because it is a horrible drug.”
Source: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/spo...e/news-story/58a9f9b09504c3864744ff3ed917d29a
