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................for milkshaking.


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Gingell warned off over 'milkshake' offence

BY GRAHAM GREEN4.12PM 11 JUN 2009

MATT GINGELL has been warned off for two years after becoming the first person in British racing found guilty of a doping offence involving sodium bicarbonate, widely known as a 'milkshake'.

Gingell, who relinquished his training licence a fortnight ago, admitted offences under rule 53 - dealing with positive drug tests - and rule 200, which covers any attempt to administer a prohibited substance to affect a horse's performance, when he appeared at a BHA inquiry on Thursday.

The test on his mare, Kassuta, was taken before she ran in a juvenile novice hurdle at Fakenham in November 2007, in which she finished third.

Earlier that year the sport's regulator increased pre-race testing, and while not saying so explicitly, it was widely assumed they were primarily aiming at finding evidence of milkshaking, which reduces a horse's production of lactic acid and enables it to run for longer without feeling pain. It can also mask the presence of other performance-enhancing drugs.

Gingell, who will not be allowed to go racing as a disqualified person, was also ordered to pay £2,500 towards the cost of the hearing.
 
Colin Phillips said:
................for milkshaking.


Story from the RP site :


Gingell warned off over 'milkshake' offence

BY GRAHAM GREEN4.12PM 11 JUN 2009

MATT GINGELL has been warned off for two years after becoming the first person in British racing found guilty of a doping offence involving sodium bicarbonate, widely known as a 'milkshake'.

Gingell, who relinquished his training licence a fortnight ago, admitted offences under rule 53 - dealing with positive drug tests - and rule 200, which covers any attempt to administer a prohibited substance to affect a horse's performance, when he appeared at a BHA inquiry on Thursday.

The test on his mare, Kassuta, was taken before she ran in a juvenile novice hurdle at Fakenham in November 2007, in which she finished third.

Earlier that year the sport's regulator increased pre-race testing, and while not saying so explicitly, it was widely assumed they were primarily aiming at finding evidence of milkshaking, which reduces a horse's production of lactic acid and enables it to run for longer without feeling pain. It can also mask the presence of other performance-enhancing drugs.

Gingell, who will not be allowed to go racing as a disqualified person, was also ordered to pay £2,500 towards the cost of the hearing.
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Lifetime bans for all cheats, no exceptions imo:mad::mad:
 
The effects as described could explain sudden improvement in some horses about which I've had suspicions for some time.
 
This sentence hands out a clear message to others using the same approach. Don't get caught but if you do it's a long way from being the end of the world.
 
"My milkshake wins for the boys in the yard
Damn right, it's benter than yours........."

I'll get me coat.:ninja:
 
mrussell said:
Would tend to agree -- however, the person has to be proven beyond reasonable doubt to have cheated & the offence of cheating rather well-defined.

Best keep it all clear-cut.
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Impossible to keep it clear cut....how do you stop a trainer sending one out unfit.........AOB does it and no one says ****
 
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