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Re: [RC] 2004 WEC - FEI Legal Update - Joe LongHmmmm ... so someone "forgets" to notify the PR of the retest, so all results are thrown out and a drugged horse wins the Gold. A horse with a lot of money behind him. Sure a fine day for International Endurance. On Tue, 3 May 2005 11:27:57 -0600, "Steph Teeter" <stephteeter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: FEI ENDURANCE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FEI JUDICIAL COMMITTEE DISMISSES POSITIVE MEDICATION CASE OF GOLD MEDALLIST On 28 April 2005, the FEI Judicial Committee decided the positive medication case concerning the horse Hachim and rider HH Sheik Hazza Bin Sultan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (UAE), who won the gold medal of the World Endurance Championship in Dubai last January. Analysis of the urine sample taken from Hachim, conducted by the associate Laboratory of the FEI Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, Equine Forensic Unit (UAE), revealed the presence of Methylprednisolone, which is a prohibited substance according to FEI Rules. A confirmatory analysis was requested by the Person Responsible (PR) and was performed by the FEI approved central laboratory, Laboratoire des Courses Hippiques, France, on 24 March 2005. This analysis confirmed the presence of Methylprednisolone. However the PR was not duly informed of the date and place of the confirmatory analysis (B Sample) and was therefore unable to send a witnessing analyst to the laboratory, despite having requested the opportunity to be represented. While noting the existence of two positive results, the Judicial Committee nevertheless decided that the fact that the PR did not have the opportunity to have a witness present at the confirmatory analysis compromised his rights to such an extent that the results had to be disregarded. The Judicial Committee cited several relevant decisions of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in reaching its ruling, which terminates the proceedings. Consequently, the results of the FEI World Endurance Championship remain unchanged as published on the FEI website. The FEI Secretariat will ensure that HH Sheik Hazza Bin Sultan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan will receive the Gold medal and all relevant prizes won by him. The Judicial Committee is not ordering a new Official Award Ceremony to be held. Note to the editor: Hachim, ridden by HH Sheik Hazza Bin Sultan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (UAE) won the FEI World Endurance Championship held in Dubai on 27 January 2005. Metylprednisolone is an anti-inflammatory corticosteroid acting on the locomotor system and is graded 3 by the Medication Sub-Committee of the FEI. Under the FEI grading system, a substance is graded ?1? if it has a relative high potential to affect the performance of the horse and is grade ?5? if it has a relative low potential to affect the performance of the horse. The Official Award Ceremony by the Organising Committee, who did not invite HH Sheik Hazza Bin Sultan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan to receive his gold medal, is the subject of a separate inquiry and may be examined by the Judicial Committee at a later stage. The list of prohibited substances for horses is published on the FEI website www.horsesport.org section veterinary ? medication control. The FEI complete legal procedure for positive medication cases is published in the section legal ? legal procedure. The full decision will be published today on the FEI website section Legal/Judicial Committee =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- Joe Long jlong@xxxxxxxx http://www.rnbw.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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