Dunguib's Punchestown disqualification confirmed.Byline: Brian Fleming A DOSE of worming medication has led to the disqualification of Dunguib from the Grade 1 Paddy Power Champion Bumper at Punchestown in April. As revealed in the Racing Post eight days ago, the 'A' sample returned positive, and at a hearing before racing at Galway yesterday it was officially confirmed that the 'B' sample had also shown traces of prohibitive substances aminorex - a stimulant - levamisole levamisole /le·vam·i·sole/ (le-vam´i-sol) an immunomodulator used with fluorouracil in the treatment of colon cancer, administered as the hydrochloride salt. , found in worming substances, and hydroxyl-levamisole. His disqualification for breaching regulation 14 has resulted in John Kiely's Sweeps Hill being awarded the race, which carried a first prize of EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 58,590, while Dunguib's trainer Philip Fenton was also hit with a EUR3,000 fine plus costs for the offence. Fenton said: "We had a very fair hearing and unfortunately the wrong horse got the wrong dose. "It was some wormer medication that should have been given to another horse and it's cost us the race. "It was one of those things and while these things shouldn't happen, they do happen, unfortunately." IN ANOTHER hearing, trainer Gavin Cromwell was fined EUR5,000 plus costs after the prohibitive substance frusemide frusemide see furosemide. furosemide, frusemide a diuretic that acts by blocking reabsorption of sodium and chloride in the ascending loop of Henle. was found in Crossdresser after he finished third to Monday night's Galway winner No One Tells Me at Punchestown last April. The four-year-old was the subject of a running-and-riding inquiry on the day when his trainer was also fined EUR2,000, the horse suspended for 60 days and jockey Shane McCann handed a 21-day ban. MICHAEL BUTLER was fined EUR500 plus costs after his Kilbeggan maiden hurdle winner Casco Bay was found to have caffeine and theophylline theophylline /the·oph·yl·line/ (the-of´i-lin) a xanthine derivative found in tea leaves and prepared synthetically; its salts and derivatives act as smooth muscle relaxants, central nervous system and cardiac muscle stimulants, and in his system. His disqualification promoted Fabled, trained by Garrett Power, to first place. |
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