Kavanagh Stood Down by Stewards

Sam Kavanagh, a trainer at Rosehill in Australia, has had his training license suspended by the Racing NSW stewards Wednesday and will face an inquiry concerning eight charges involving cobalt and caffeine in three of his horses June 4 reported Racing and Sports. His license status depends on the outcome of the hearing.

Midsummer Sun (GB) (Monsun {Ger}) tested positive for both substances after winning the Listed Gosford Gold Cup in January of this year. Additionally, Kavanagh was charged for breeches of a racing rule dealing with race day medication administration. The other two Kavanagh horses involved are Ceda Miss (Aus) (Encosta De Lago {Aus}) and Palazzo Pubblico (Aus) (Conatus {Aus}), who raced at Warwick two days prior to Midsummer Sun’s win. The stewards released a statement which says that Kavanagh admitted giving misleading evidence during the investigation. Further incriminating evidence has surfaced in relation to the race day administration and supply of medications to Kavanagh.

“In suspending his trainers’ licence…stewards formed the opinion that Mr. Kavanagh’s continued participation in racing might pose an unacceptable risk to prejudice the image, interests or integrity of racing,” said the stewards’ statement.