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Greyhound – Stewards Inquiry – Trainer Ms Linda Britton – ZELEMAR FEVER
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TheDiva
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Thursday, 15 January 2015
RWWA Stewards today resumed the inquiry, last conducted on 4 December 2014 into the report from the ChemCentre in Perth, that the presence of 5β– androstane-3α, 17β–diol (metabolite of Testosterone), at a concentration of greater than 10ng/ml, had been detected in the following samples obtained from ZELEMAR FEVER:
A post race urine sample after winning Race 5, the Tabtouch W.A. Sprint Championship Final at Cannington on 16 August 2014. A post race urine sample after placing third in Race 8 the Tabtouch National Sprint Championship Final at Cannington on 23 August 2014.
Trainer Ms L. Britton pleaded guilty to all charges (listed below) issued on 17 December 2014.
After hearing submissions on the matter of penalty, the inquiry was adjourned to enable Stewards to determine the appropriate penalties for all charges. Stewards indicated that a decision with respect to penalty was anticipated by early next week.
Charges
Charge 1 under GAR 83(2)(a) - Racing greyhound to be free of prohibited substances with the particulars of the charge being;
That Ms. L. Britton, as the trainer, nominated and presented ZELEMAR FEVER to compete in Race 5 at Greyhounds WA Cannington on 16 August 2014 not free of the prohibited substance testosterone, evidenced by the presence of 5β – androstane- 3α, 17β – diol at a concentration greater than 10 nanograms per millilitre in a urine sample taken from the greyhound following it competing and winning that event.
Charge 2 under GAR83 (2)(a) - Racing greyhound to be free of prohibited substances with the particulars of the charge being;
That Ms L. Britton, as the trainer, nominated and presented ZELEMAR FEVER to compete in Race 8 at Greyhounds WA Cannington on 23 August 2014 not free of the prohibited substance testosterone, evidenced by the presence of 5β – androstane- 3α, 17β – diol at a concentration greater than 10 nanograms per millilitre in a urine sample taken from the greyhound following it competing and finishing third in that event.
Charge 3 under Rule 84A(1) - R84A Treatment records to be kept with the particulars of the charge being;
That Ms L. Britton, being registered as a public trainer, failed to keep any treatment records detailing the administration of ethyloestrenol tablets to greyhound bitches trained by her.
Charge 4 under Rule 84A(4)(b) – R84A Treatment records to be kept with the particulars of the charge being;
That Ms L. Britton did possess a quantity of approximately 1,500 ethyloestrenol tablets, which is a scheduled 4 medicine, in two unlabelled containers located by Stewards on the 10 October 2014 in the fridge within her residence at her training premises which were not prescribed in compliance with the relevant provisions.
Media Contact: Denis Borovica – General Manager Racing Integrity Ph: 9445 5427 denis.borovica@rwwa.com.au
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Previous testosterone case in WA was 9 months (reduced to 6 on appeal) with no fine.
Jason Mackay (leading trainer in NSW) received a fine for multiple testosterone breaches.
Charge 3 and 4 will receive minor fines.
wa journos cannot write any more than 12 lines..then they get a brain fade.... 8-}
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Surprised its cumulative not concurrent, possibly due the absence of explanation.
Must have decided it was better to get more time than reveal the source of the positive.
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ok..she got caught....end of story.
the caravan will roll on and linda will probably enjoy the break after 18hrs a day work for decades.
have you ever seen the work that goes on in a kennel?
I am not a dog owner...just a friend of linda, chris, Emily and a few of the staff.
think of those folk who could be out of work? yes, I know you are going to say "linda did not think of them."
at least she did not scream innocence like those Melbourne horse trainers.
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maybe a few of your 10th grade trainer mates who suffer from that green eyed monster syndrome called jealousy.
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Don`t think anyone will be out of work.
The guilty plea came at the end of the inquiry when it was fairly clear pleading not guilty wasn`t going to help.
Also they haven`t been able to identify the source of the positive.
May have decided getting more time was preferable to identifying the source.
She may not be screaming innocence but hardly a saint.
Can see a severity of sentence appeal coming up, based on same dog, same positive, only problem would be if the 2nd positive has a higher reading than the 1st.
Possible outcome of appeal : served concurrently.
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I think I can safely say, linda does not bet....why when you get 50% of the prize in most cases.
I don't know if you know linda, she is a quietly spoken, well dressed lady...ok she did the wrong thing in the eyes of rwwa...lets leave it at that, eh?
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