Monaco-based billionaire businessman claims to have spent €1.4m fighting Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board charges
However, as the licence holder, Comer was held responsible, despite telling the panel he spends just three months of the year in Ireland.
Former Godolphin trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni was banned for eight years by the British racing authorities in 2013 after admitting to giving anabolic steroids to 15 horses. “I did not ever under any circumstances administer anything to our horses, only good food and vitamins and minerals and necessary medications if they are sick. I will not stand for any kind of injustice. I will use whatever resources I have to make sure that whoever does any damage to my reputation will pay. I am one thousand per cent innocent. I have never been more right in my life,” Comer was quoted as saying.
The positive test results came from hair samples taken by the IHRB. The first was taken from the Comer-trained He Knows No Fear after it finished fourth in the Trigo Stakes at Leopardstown in October of 2021. It prompted out-of-competition testing at Comer’s yard a few weeks later.
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