Trainer fined and stripped of profit after horse tests positive for antidepressant

A trainer is a fine and his winning horse disqualified and stripped of the victory – after positive testing for an antidepressant.

Mare Lady Wingalong did not succeed in a drug test after it had become a garden work, weed had in the horse’s stable.

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Trainer David Evans – who was allowed to keep his training permit after the ‘exceptional’ case – said that he was ‘shocked’ in the finding.

Lady Wingalong was an 18-1 winner of a class 6 7F Handicap in Lingfield in April.

Driven by David ProBober, she remained good in the last Furlong to take on her very first victory with a length of 9-2 favorite Ballyboyoonshiner.

But the mare would be positive for venlafaxine-a antidepressant that, according to the NHS, increases the levels of mood-improving chemicals that are called serotonin and noradrenaline in the brain. “

A disciplinary panel heard that ultimately a garden worker was responsible for the finding.

Ravi Mehta, a lawyer who represents Evans, said: “The contamination seems to have arisen from the strange confluence of three factors.

“First, the use by the former employee of Mr Evans who did not use at the start of her employment.

“She later developed depression and was prescribed Venlafaxine.

“Secondly, she did not inform her employer of that development or any change in her position.

“And thirdly, she had a bladder disorder, so she urinated urgently, even though there were toilet facilities near the stables.”

The antidepressant would not have had any influence on the performance of the horse, said Mehta.

But the BHA argued that Evans – who enjoyed several successes at group level with top sprinter Rohaan – could have done more to prevent the bizarre infringement and fines him £ 1,000.

During the research, the trainer was praised for his full collaboration.

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