Racehorse 'Party Till Dawn' tests positive for methamphetamine
The sample was taken from the five-year-old mare after a meeting in Queensland, Australia in June
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Your support makes all the difference.A racehorse called Party Till Dawn has returned a positive drug test for methamphetamine following a race in Queensland, Australia.
The sample was taken from the aptly-named five-year-old mare after a meeting in Toowoomba in June. Party Till Dawn raced twice that month, claiming two second-place finishes on 11 and 25 June.
Ben Currie, Party Till Dawn’s trainer, will race the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission next week, having been found guilty and fined $6,000 for a separate offence earlier this week.
Another of Currie’s horses, named Tints, tested positive for the banned substance boldenone in Rockhampton in April. Currie intends to appeal against his fine.
He told ABC, the Australian broadcaster: “I think we had some good points that we brought to the table, and I feel like we've got a good chance further down the track to win the case on appeal and clear the charge.”
Party Till Dawn is the second horse to test positive for methamphetamine in the state of Queensland in just over a year, after traces were found in the horse Island Tang in October 2015.
Cassandra Marsh, Island Tang’s trainer, was fined $5,000 despite providing evidence that the horse had been in contact with a user of the drug.
Five horses were disqualified from races at Lone Star Park in Dallas, Texas earlier this year after testing positive for methamphetamine.
The Texas Racing Commission also found seven human drug violations at meeting held between 17 April and 17 July.
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