The British Horseracing Authority has confirmed that, as disclosed in The Guardian late on Tuesday night, the trainer Alan King will face a disciplinary hearing on Thursday over a failed dope test on Yanworth, the beaten favourite in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham in March.
The BHA also revealed that the substance found in Yanworth’s system after he finished seventh at the Festival was triamcinolone acetonide (TCA), a synthetic corticosteroid with anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. It can be legitimately used as a treatment on horses in training but must have cleared their system by the day of a race.
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