Irish Turf Club Publishes Drug Testing Program Statistics
The Irish Turf Club, which is the governing authority for racing in Ireland, has published drug testing statistics for 2007.
62 Riders were drug tested and all samples were negative. In total 337 riders have been tested since testing was introduced in 2003 and there has been only one positive test. Alcohol breath testing of riders was introduced in June 2007 and 515 riders were tested at 10 meetings during the remainder of 2007. There was one positive test. 2,845 horses were dope tested and there were 6 positive samples.
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