Logic wins: GRV stewards drop arsenic charges against trainers

By Noel McMahon

In a triumph for common sense and good law, charges have been withdrawn against five Victorian trainers accused of administering the prohibited substance arsenic and breaching Greyhound Australasia Rule (GAR) 83 (1A) and 83 (2)(3).

The recent request by the Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) stewards to withdraw arsenic charges was the only logical conclusion to a “comedy of errors” that lasted in excess of nine months and should have been sorted without the intervention of the RADB.

Excessive amounts of arsenic are believed to affect the cardiovascular system of greyhounds, so in late 2015 GRV started testing for arsenic, putting trainers Read full article

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