Prohibited substance cases under FEI anti-doping rules

The FEI has today announced adverse analytical findings involving equine prohibited substances.

The cases involve the use of *Banned Substances under the FEI’s Equine Anti-Doping and Controlled Medication Regulations (EADCMRs).

The athletes have been provisionally suspended from the date of notification until the FEI Tribunal renders its decisions. The horses have been provisionally suspended for two months:

Horse: Black Beauty (FEI ID 105WE15/IND)

Person Responsible: Sarvesh Singh Pal (FEI ID 10161986/IND)

Event: CCI1* - Delhi (IND) 27-30.11.2017

Prohibited Substance: Boldenone and Meloxicam

Date of notification - 9 January 2017

Horse: Cantolina (FEI ID 105PG73/IND)

Person Responsible: Apurva Dabhade (FEI ID 10113752/IND)

Event: CCI1* - Delhi (IND) 27-30.11.2017

Prohibited Substance: Boldenone

Date of notification - 9 January 2017

Horse: Golden Boy (FEI ID 104IU95/IND)

Person Responsible: Raj Kumar (FEI ID 10107326/IND)

Event: CCI1* - Delhi (IND) 27-30.11.2017

Prohibited Substance: Boldenone

Date of notification - 9 January 2017

Horse: J C Cahuel (FEI ID 105UO02 /UAE)

Person Responsible: Daiana Chopita (FEI ID 10107027 /ARG)

Trainer: Salejm Obaid Al Khaili (FEI ID 10113972/UAE)

Event: CEI1* 100 - Abu Dhabi, Al Wathba (UAE) 09.12.2017

Prohibited Substance: Trometamol

Date of notification - 9 January 2017

For the following two cases the Trainer has also been provisionally suspended from the date of notification until the FEI Tribunal renders its decision.

Horse: HLP Gadafi (FEI ID 105AP09/UAE)

Person Responsible: Daiana Chopita (FEI ID 10107027 /ARG)

Trainer: Ali Khalfan Al Jahouri (FEI ID: 10014750/UAE)

CEI2* 120 - Abu Dhabi, Al Wathba (UAE): 23.12.2017

Prohibited Substance: Trometamol

Date of notification - 10 January 2017

Horse: JLB Noche (FEI ID104KB96/UAE)

Person Responsible: Waad Nadim Bou Moghlbay (FEI ID 10113241/UAE)

Trainer: Ali Khalfan Al Jahouri (FEI ID 10014750/UAE)

Event: CEI2* 120 - Abu Dhabi, Al Wathba (UAE) 23.12.2017

Prohibited Substance: Trometamol

Date of notification - 10 January 2017

Details on these cases can be found here and here. Information on the substances is available on the searchable FEI Equine Prohibited Substances Database.

*Notes to Editors:

The FEI’s Prohibited Substances List is divided into two sections - Controlled Medication and *Banned Substances. Controlled Medication substances are those that are regularly used to treat horses, but which must have been cleared from the horse’s system by the time of competition. Banned (doping) substances should never be found in the body of the horse.

In the case of an adverse analytical finding for a Banned Substance, the Person Responsible (PR) is automatically provisionally suspended from the date of notification. The horse is suspended for two months.

The FEI has also introduced the concept of Specified Substances. Specified Substances should not in any way be considered less important or less dangerous than other Prohibited Substances. Rather, they are simply substances which are more likely to have been ingested by horses for a purpose other than the enhancement of sport performance, for example, through a contaminated food substance. In the case of a positive for a specified substance, provisional suspension is not automatic.

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