Businessman’s ban will come into force on July 15th
Billionaire businessman Luke Comer has lost his appeal against an Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board three-year suspension of his licence to train racehorses. His ban will come into force on July 15th.
After the Comer-trained He Knows No Fear tested positive for an anabolic steroid following a race at Leopardstown in October 2021, an unannounced IHRB raid on his premises near Kilternan, Co Dublin saw a dozen of his horses test positive for the anabolic steroids methandienone and methlylestosterone.Rab Havlin aims to crown resurgence aboard Ambiente Friendly at Irish Derby
The IHRB had lodged its own appeal against what it called the leniency of the original referrals committee penalties. That was also dismissed. “He also defeated the appeal of the IHRB on leniency. But that took up a minuscule amount of time and even if he were awarded his costs in respect of that, it would be a bagatelle in the overall context.
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