Royal trainer handed three-month ban

LONDON (Reuters) - Nicky Henderson was handed a three-month ban and fined a record 40,000 pounds on Friday over a failed drugs test involving a horse he trains for the Queen. Henderson was found guilty at a British Horse Racing Authority (BHA) hearing last month of administering the prohibited anti-bleeding drug tranexamic acid to the mare Moonlit Path before she finished sixth in her debut race at Huntingdon in February. Henderson had denied any wrongdoing over the rule dealing with administering or attempting to administer a positive substance. A statement on the BHA website said on Friday: "Henderson attended a personal hearing on Thursday evening when pleas... [read full story]                    

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