RACEHORSE TESTS POSITIVE FOR COCAINE

HORSERACING IS NOT A SPORT

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, horse racing is not a sport.

Sport implies that all participants are willing – and do so by their own free will.

Horses do NOT have a choice in the matter.

Horse racing is a spectacle of abuse – again not a sport.

This latest “finding” by the press in Australia is just one reason we support the #nuptothecup movement.

Toowoomba-trained racehorse End Assembly has tested positive to cocaine, following its win in a $200,000 feature race at Eagle Farm in December last year.#9News pic.twitter.com/2vNN3UFjvy
— 9News Queensland (@9NewsQueensland) March 9, 2023

A talented Toowoomba-trained racehorse could be stripped of its win after returning a bombshell drug result. The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission has confirmed they are investigating the undefeated three-year-old, End Assembly after it tested positive for cocaine. Trainer Mark Currie has been ordered to a stewards’ inquiry next week.

9 NEWS QUEENSLAND

Unbeaten racehorse tests positive to cocaine putting its recent $200,000 prize in jeopardy.

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RACING is in shock after an unbeaten horse tested positive for cocaine following the biggest win of his career. Rising star End Assembly faces being stripped of his £110,000 winnings after returning a positive sample for the Class A drug.

THE SUN

We’ll keep you up to speed with further findings and charges but in the meantime, the press and OFFICAL Queensland Racing Integrity Commission coverage is of course vast.

Oh, and we’re wondering if sites and Facebook Groups set up to put a shiny spit polish on the horse racing industry’s tarnished image are going to be covering this story.

Likely not – right?

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BUT other sites are pretty well forced to including…

From racing’s own…

Mark Currie-trained sprinter tests positive to cocaine.

A spokesman for the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission has confirmed the result and said a steward’s inquiry into the matter will be opened next week. Should End Assembly be found guilty, its connections could be stripped of the victory and the $116,000 winner’s cheque.

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