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New Zealand: Hall of fame jockey facing cobalt charges

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Lance o'sullivan

Lance O’Sullivan: if found guilty could be disqualified for up to five years

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 By David Baxter 12:15PM 26 FEB 2016 

New Zealand: Lance O’Sullivan, who has been entered into the country’s sporting hall of fame for his exploits as a jockey, is facing cobalt charges after three horses in his care tested above the legal limit.

O’Sullivan and co-trainer Andrew Scott are the first trainers in New Zealand to face charges, and the issue of cobalt abuse has plagued Australian racing in the last year, with trainers Lee and Shannon Hope among those handed hefty bans.

However, unlike the cases in Australia where deliberate intent to administer cobalt was discovered, O’Sullivan and Scott told authorities the horses tested positive because of sharing water in heavily cobalt-dosed troughs with dairy cattle.

Therefore they face charges of presenting a horse to race with a prohibited substance, which means there is no evidence of deliberate administration.

Two of the horses involved, Quintastics and Suffire tested positive after victories, while Sound Propsition’s positive came following a third in the Group 1 New Zealand Derby last February.

Over the limit

The legal limit for cobalt in New Zealand is 200 micrograms per litre of urine, and Quintastics was more than three times over the limit, while Sound Proposition was more than double the limit.

Should O’Sullivan and Scott been found guilty of the charges they could be suspended or disqualified for up to five years, and fined a maximum of NZ$25,000.

A former champion jockey, O’Sullivan was inducted into the country’s sporting hall of fame last week, and achieved several high-profile wins during his career including the 1989 Japan Cup aboard Horlicks and the 1991 Cox Plate on Surfers Paradise.

 

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