The punishment is an embarrassment.

An embarrassment? Were you looking for capital punishment?

Godolphin racing manager Simon Crisford said the steroid injections given to 15 Godolphin horses was part of a regimen that now-sullied trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni followed while he was in Dubai.

http://espn.go.com/horse-racing/stor...-regimen-dubai

yeah, saw that story on bloodhorse. valid point about getting steroids in one country, and then shipping.

What a guy.

MAHMOOD AL ZAROONI filled five unmarked syringes with an illegal anabolic steroid, took them by car to his Newmarket stable and passed them through the window to an assistant with instructions to dope five horses.


Al Zarooni had written the names of the five horses on a list that he handed through his car window with the syringes to an unqualified veterinary assistant, Sharif Mahboob. At no time did Al Zarooni seek advice from his team of vets or record the injections in the medication record.

http://www.racingpost.com/news/live.sd?event_id=1056435

i know if i lost my license for 8 years, i'd go on facebook for advice. :rolleyes:

I am over here in the UK and the opinion in the papers is that he was thrown under the bus by his bosses and the UK racing establishment. The opinion here is that e was not the master mind and UK racing is so dependent on the Dubai connections that there is no way they would investigate properly for risk of having them pull the plug and down the drain it would all go.

i don't think he did it all on his own. quick hearing and resolution. nothing to see here, people. move along.

Designated fall guy. He knew it going in and was ready to take his licks and move on. You can be sure he's set up for life though.

BHA testers extend Godolphin probe to Bin Suroor yard

03 May 2013

(excerpt):
The BHA drug testers on Thursday turned their attention to Saeed Bin Suroor's Stanley House stables in Newmarket as the crisis that has rocked Godolphin and British racing took an unexpected new twist.

http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/i....aspx?id=66342

Cocaine and the blame game...

http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/i....aspx?id=66580

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013...channel-4-news

New meaning to the flying dismount

The Welcome Back Frankie [Dettori] Maiden Stakes on Monday?

Okaaaaay.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/hor...om-now-on.html

I'm a horrible person for finding all of this so damned funny, I know.

British Horseracing Authority veto tribute to Frankie Dettori in Leicester

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/h...cester-1895236

"Confirmation that a race title at Leicester on Mon 20th May remains 'British Stallion Studs Supporting British Racing EBF Maiden Stakes'

"The proposed title of 'EBF Welcome Back Frankie Maiden Stakes' was never authorised by BHA & was not deemed appropriate."


the original/official name of the race is hilarious!

Yeah I woulda called it the Let's Do Drugs but that name is pretty good too.

St Leger winner Encke among 7 more Godolphin horses to test positive

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/raci...tive-1.1400257

that is a bitter pill to swallow for camelots folks.

"Medical issues"...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013...omeback-stalls

Under strict French rules, a jockey would be in breach if found to be positive for many over-the-counter medications, including aspirin. "We're waiting for him to get back to us over medical issues," said Julien Pescatore, communications director at France Galop. He was said to have described it as "a private matter".


there's strict, no tolerance... and then there's ridiculous.