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Among a handful of stewards rulings distributed this week by the Emirates Racing Authority in the United Arab Emirates was one that could make the hair on the back of a trainer s neck stand up.
Trainer Ahmed bin Harmash was fined 25,000 UAE dirhams (about US$6,800) and the horse Sa ada was disqualified from a Nov. 27, 2020, win at Jebel Ali Racecourse after the prohibited substance minoxidil was detected in a post-race sample by the Dubai Equine Forensic Unit. The drug was subsequently confirmed in a split sample.
According to the ruling, bin Harmash was “unable to offer an explanation for the findings” until he was advised of the nature of the substance. Minoxidil is a “human product used to treat hypertension and baldness,” according to the ruling, which went on to say that the drug “would act upon the cardiovascular system, have the potential to decrease exercise induced pulmonary he
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