Monday, November 09, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Rider blames ‘cocktail’ of drugs in horse’s system on ‘unknown’ operation

Horseandhound.co.uk - Full Article

Becky Murray
7 November, 2020 17:03

An endurance rider who competed a horse with a “cocktail” of drugs in his system, blamed the positive test results on an operation he claimed he was unaware the horse had undergone days earlier.

Moro Tianko, trained and ridden by Saudi Arabian Mohammed Alalewi, tested positive for prohibited substances following the CEI2* 120km Al Ula on 2 February 2019. The gelding’s blood sample tested positive for banned substance tolfenamic acid (an anti-inflammatory drug with analgesic effects) and controlled substances lidocaine (a local anaesthetic used in the treatment of some skin diseases), flunixin, diclofenac, phenylbutazone and oxyphenbutazone (anti-inflammatory drugs with analgesic effects)...

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https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/endurance-horse-positive-dope-test-blamed-on-operation-729725

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