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Controversial trainer Charles Byrnes banned for six months in doping scandal free to compete despite suspension

, Controversial trainer Charles Byrnes banned for six months in doping scandal free to compete despite suspension

CHARLES BYRNES is free to continue competing despite being slapped with a six-month suspension from horseracing.

The controversial trainer was hit with the ban last week after one of his runners was deliberately doped to STOP it winning.

Irish trainer Charles Byrnes was banned for six months but is allowed to enter horses after appealing the decision

Viking Hoard tested positive for a sedative after his run at Tramore in October 2018.

Irish racing chiefs concluded he was allowed to be drugged on purpose – ‘nobbled’ – by a third party shortly before the race and subsequently punished Byrnes.

But the Irishman lodged an appeal against his licence suspension and the €1,000 (£884) fine.

And with the date of his hearing unconfirmed – it is expected to be in the next few weeks – he is allowed to continue entering horses into races for the time being.

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The Co. Limerick trainer’s next runner sees JP McManus’ Pairc Na Ngael race in a handicap hurdle at Gowran on Thursday.

Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board spokesman Niall Cronin said: “Like any rider appeal, or trainer appeal, they are allowed continue.

“It would be the same in any case. I’m not sure in other sports but certainly in racing you’re definitely allowed (participate) until the appeal is heard.”

Viking Hoard was tested on account of his poor performance, which saw him eventually pull up having come under pressure after the first hurdle at Tramore.

He was found to have a slow heart rate after the race, and the sedative ACP was later detected in his urine sample.

Racing bosses were also alerted by the BHA to suspicious betting patterns, with the horse drifting out to 8-1 from 4-1 before the off.

Further investigation found that a huge ‘lay’ bet – betting on a horse to lose – had been placed on Viking Hoard on the Betfair Exchange.

The unnamed layer bet €34,889 (£31,100), half of the entire market on the race, that the horse would lose, returning over £2,850.

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Byrnes, whose horse Solwhit won the World Hurdle at Cheltenham in 2013, denied having any knowledge of the administration of ACP to Viking Hoard.

However, he did admit he and his son Cathal had left the horse unattended in the racecourse stables.

Tuesday’s Referrals panel report said the trainer’s responsibility and diligence was not affected by the presence or absence of CCTV the stable yard.

Irish racing chiefs concluded Vikig Hoard was allowed to be drugged with sedative ACP on purpose

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