02-Jul-2009
Story Timeline: 130 days
Trainer guilty of giving Queen's horse anti-bleeding drug fears ban or a hefty fine Nearly two weeks after he was found to have given a banned substance to one of the Queen's racehorses, Nicky Henderson will discover this morning whether he will forfeit his trainer's licence as a result. If his licence is not suspended, the former champion trainer could face a fine of many thousands of pounds. The case of Moonlit Path, a mare who tested positive for tranexamic acid, which helps to stop internal bleeding, after finishing unplaced at Huntingdon in February, has divided racing even before Henderson's penalty has been announced. There are many who feel that Henderson was not acting with the intention of corrupting racing when he asked his vet to administer the banned substance, and that the sheer embarrassment of having a Royal...
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