Regulatory Announcement
Rásaíocht Con Éireann is pleased to announce that the backlog of cases in respect of prohibited substances, accrued in recent years has been cleared and there are now 11 cases for prohibited substances before the Control Committee awaiting determination.
Sampling Statistics are provided below.
Rásaíocht Con Éireann On-Course Sample Tests
|
|
No. Of Tests |
No. of Laboratory Positives * |
% |
Awaiting Referral to Control Committee |
Awaiting Adjudication by Control Committee |
|
2011 |
4,807 |
45 |
0.9 |
0 |
0 |
|
2012 |
6,983 |
56 |
0.8 |
0 |
0 |
|
2013 |
7,307 |
51 |
0.7 |
2 |
5 |
|
2014** |
2,822 |
15 |
0.5 |
5 |
3 |
* The Control Committee have found in favour of the Owner/Trainer in some of these cases.
** Sample Statistics January 1st 2014 to June 2014
All samples where a prohibited substance was detected by the Laboratory were referred to the Control Committee for determination and Rásaíocht Con Éireann notes that in all cases of a positive adjudication for a prohibited substance, details have been published by the Control Committee up to and including cases heard in June 2014.
To ensure all samples are dealt with in an expedient manner, Rásaíocht Con Éireann has modified its procedures, by removing from the process the Track Inquiry conducted by Control Stewards concerning samples that return a positive result, thus streamlining the time from when the sample result is notified to the Owner/Trainer to when the matter is referred to the Control Committee.