Stuff Sports 20 April, 2021, 10:05 am Jesse Alford was suspended in February after Racing Integrity Unit investigators caught him administering a substance to two horses. (File photo) A Canterbury harness racing trainer has pleaded guilty to administering a prohibited substance to two horses on race day. The trainer, who faces a potential life ban, says he is sorry for his actions, saying they “have no place in racing”. Jesse Alford was suspended in February after Racing Integrity Unit (RIU) investigators caught him injecting a substance to two horses, Johnny Nevits and Jimmy Cannon, at his stables in Woodend Beach, two hours before they were due to take the track.