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SIX BALLARAT RIDERS FAIL DOPE TEST
April 1, 2021 10:28 am
By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor
Six track riders, including two
well-known jockeys, have been
Ballarat today as
six of Ballarat’s 40 track riders were stood down.
Racing Victoria chief steward Robert Cram said he was “disappointed” with the stunning number of track staff who had returned irregularities to illegal drugs after random testing of 60 riders.
A leading Ballarat trainer said the positive tests revealed “a really bad culture” of drugs in Ballarat, that had spread to the local racing industry.
“It’s a real worry,” the trainer said. “I can’t speak for other parts of the state but it seems to be a real problem up here and it’s becoming an issue in racing as well.”