Length of penalty provokes criticism regarding perceived leniency after dozen of handler’s string test positive for anabolic steroids
An IHRB referrals committee chaired by Mr Justice Brian McGovern could not establish how the steroids metandienone and/or methyltestosterone were found in a dozen of Comer’s horses when testing was carried out at his Kiltiernan stables in 2021 and concluded no deliberate doping had taken place.
IHRB chief executive Darragh O’Loughlin played a straight bat to criticism of the length of licence withdrawal. “It’s at the committee’s discretion and I can’t guess their thinking on why they chose that specific date,” said O’Loughlin on Friday. “But what we do know is that where trainer’s licences are suspended for breaches of the rules, it does take them some time to get their affairs in order, to ensure continuing care for the horses in their charge.”
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