The curious case of the bitch and cocaine carpet

By Katherine Ernst

A GREYHOUND trainer who claimed his dog returned a positive urine sample to amphetamine after licking carpet which had previously been in a pub has been disqualified for two years.

Millfield trainer Gavin Howard was the subject of a recent Greyhound Racing NSW inquiry, charged with a breach of the prohibited substances rule, GAR 83 (2), after his greyhound Quick Shanks returned a positive urine sample to amphetamine when competing at The Gardens on June 3, 2016.

Howard pleaded not guilty to the charge and gave evidence that the positive swab was likely to be caused by contamination. Howard argued that Read full article

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