Welsh coach Tim Vaughan has been fined £1,000 and given a suspended six-month ban after one in all his horses examined constructive for a banned substance.
Bells Of Peterboro was discovered to have an adversarial analytical discovering for triamcinolone acetonide (TCA), a substance that’s allowed in coaching however banned on racedays.
TCA is an artificial corticosteroid with anti-inflammatory and painkilling properties.
The horse received a novices’ handicap chase at Chepstow on 24 January, 2024. The nine-year-old has since been disqualified from that race.
British Horseracing Authority (BHA) guidelines on using corticosteroids states: “The horse should not have been administered any intra-articular corticosteroid on the day of the race or on any of the 14 days earlier than the day of the race through which the horse is asserted to run.”
Vaughan’s six-month ban will solely come into place within the occasion of a subsequent constructive check for one in all his horses throughout the subsequent 18 months.