FEI announces an equine doping case from the Paris Olympic Games

The FEI has announced an adverse analytical finding (AAF) involving an equine prohibited substance. The case involves a *Banned Substance under the FEI’s Equine Anti-Doping and Controlled Medication Regulations (EADCMRs).

The athlete has been provisionally suspended from the date of notification, until the FEI Tribunal renders its decision. The horse has also been provisionally suspended for two months from the date of notification.

The athlete and horse competed at the Paris Olympic Games in Eventing. An adverse analytical finding (AAF) from one team member during the Olympic Games, will lead to the disqualification of the whole team. Hence, team Belgium will be disqualified from the Eventing team competition of the Paris Olympic Games.

Case 2024/BS05:

Horse: DIA VAN HET LICHTERVELD Z/106WJ63/BEL
Person Responsible: Tine MAGNUS/10045338/BEL
Event: Olympic Games-C - Paris (FRA), 27-29.07.2024
Prohibited Substance(s): Trazodone
Date of notification: 3 September 2024

The full table of suspensions can be found here.

FEI Tribunal issues Settlement Agreement in equine anti-doping case
The FEI Tribunal has also issued a Settlement Agreement in an equine anti-doping case involving a Banned Substance.

In this case, the horse Faroon (FEI ID 107WT96/BRN), ridden by Jalam Singh Inder Singh (FEI ID 10182994/UAE), and trained by Alhareth Mohamed Jaafar Abdulrahim (FEI ID 10063210/BRN), tested positive for the Banned Substance Strychnine following samples taken at the CEI1*100 Butheeb (UAE) 10-11 November 2023.

The athlete and trainer were able to establish, on a balance of probabilities, that the source of the Prohibited Substance arose from a supplement given to the horse which had been contaminated with Strychnine.

In its Final Decision, the FEI Tribunal accepted the terms of the settlement, according to which the athlete and trainer bear no fault or negligence for the Rule Violation. The applicable ineligibility period for each shall be one year, stating from the date of the decision, with the Provisional Suspension already served credited against the ineligibility period. Both athlete and trainer were also asked to each pay costs of CHF 4,000 and the results obtained at the event are disqualified.

The full Decision in the case of Jalam Singh Inder Singh is available here. 

The full Decision in the case of Alhareth Mohamed Jaafar Abdulrahim is available here.

Notes to Editors:
FEI Equine Prohibited Substances
The FEI Prohibited Substances List is divided into two sections: Controlled Medication and *Banned Substances. Controlled Medication substances are medications 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 and are prohibited at all times.

In the case of an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for a Banned Substance, the Person Responsible (PR) is automatically provisionally suspended from the date of notification (with the exception of certain cases involving a Prohibited Substance which is also a **Specified Substance). The horse is provisionally suspended for two months.

Information on all substances is available on the searchable FEI Equine Prohibited Substances Database.