Tag: BHA
Kieran O’Neill: Jockey fumes at ‘flawed’ drug test after failing two swab tests; BHA defends system | Racing News
Kieran O’Neill has been left furious after being stood down at Southwell following two non-negative swab tests, a decision the jockey has described as “embarrassing”. O’Neill was unable to take his two rides at the Nottinghamshire venue on Tuesday night after failing two sweat/saliva samples. According to BHA rules, should the second sample also return…
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Hollie Doyle: Jockey receives one-month suspended ban from BHA after testing positive for traces of Dihydrocodeine | Racing News
Hollie Doyle has received a one-month suspended ban by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) after testing positive for traces of Dihydrocodeine, a painkiller used to treat an elbow injury she suffered in January. Doyle tested positive in April this year when she returned from a broken elbow sustained in a fall at Wolverhampton in January.…
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Dylan Kitts: BHA officially suspends jockey’s license as investigation continues into controversial Hillsin ride
Conditional jockey Dylan Kitts has had his license suspended with immediate effect following a formal hearing in front of the British Horseracing Authority’s [BHA] judicial panels. Kitts voluntarily stood down on July 7 when it was announced there would be an investigation into his ride on the Chris Honor-trained Hillsin at Worcester, where he finished…
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