Moody To Face Cobalt Charges

Peter Moody is the latest trainer who will face charges in the on-going cobalt doping scandal in Australia. Moody's Lidari (Fr) (Acclamation {GB}), having finished second in the G1 Turnbull S. at Flemington last October, subsequently tested positive for nearly twice the legal threshold of cobalt allowable in a horse's urine sample. Under Australian rules of racing the permitted level of cobalt is 200 micrograms per liter of urine, however Lidari's sample was found to contain 380 micrograms per liter (with a 38 microgram per liter measurement of uncertainty), while the Hong Kong Jockey Club's racing laboratory confirmed a level of 410 micrograms per liter. Moody will face charges of administering cobalt to Lidari with the intention of improving the horses performance. He will be the fourth trainer following Sam Kavanagh, Danny O'Brien and Lee & Shannon Hope to have charges brought against them and according to Dayle Brown, Racing Victoria's general manager for integrity services,”Mr. Moody, like the trainers from the other three stables, will have the opportunity to defend the charges brought against him before the independent RAD (Racing Appeals and Disciplinary) Board and we hope that this can occur at the earliest possible opportunity.”