Stewards’ wrap: Azzopardi fined for positive Asa Barboza swab

By Katherine Ernst

LEADING conditioner Anthony Azzopardi has been found guilty of a breach of the prohibited substance rule.

Azzopardi was charged with a breach of GAR 83(2)(3) after his greyhound, Asa Barboza, returned a positive sample to the banned substance methylprednisolone when competing at Ballarat on May 25, 2016.

Azzopardi plead guilty to the charge and gave evidence that the swab could have resulted due to the fact that he had fed non-human consumption meat to his ‘B-grade’ dogs which included Asa Barboza.

Upon consideration of the circumstances involved in the case, stewards imposed a $1500 fine, $500 of which was suspended Read full article

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