Yankee Rose trainer David Vandyke was fined $25,000, his vet David Garth $15,000 and the star filly disqualified from the Flight Stakes at a hearing into a positive swab to the anti-inflammatory drug Ketorolac at Racing NSW on Friday.
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Kyrgios' digs at McEnroe
Nick Kyrgios responded in his usual manner to digs from tennis legend John McEnroe, who labelled him a black eye for the sport.
Vandyke pleaded guilty to charges of administration of the drug and presenting Yankee Rose to race in the Flight Stakes with a prohibited non-steroidal anti-inflammatory in her system, which had been injected into her joints by Garth more than a week before the group 1 race.
The hearing was told Yankee Rose had suffered soreness in her front left fetlock throughout her career and Garth recommended the treatment to help with that problem. However, it was injected into all four fetlocks.
Ketorolac has no threshold level in the rules of racing, so horses have to be clear of the substance on race day, and Yankee Rose's swab was found to contain low levels of the substance after the Flight Stakes.
Garth had informed Vandyke the product he used, Toradol, was not a registered veterinary product but was approved for human use – mainly for arthritis – but he had good results using it on horses in the past.
In handing out the penalty Racing NSW chief steward Marc van Gestel referred to the delivery of the product as unconventional and noted there was no research into a withholding period when injected into joints.
Vandyke was shocked and disappointed by the penalty, which was $25,000 for the administration and $20,000 for presentation but totality of sentence saw the fine sit at $25,000.
"I will be considering an appeal, it is disappointing to lose a second in a group 1 for the owners and myself," Vandyke said.
Garth also pleaded guilty to a charge of administration of the drug and may appeal against his $15,000 fine.
Yankee Rose went on to win the Spring Champion Stakes a week later and her swab was clear, and then ran third in the Cox Plate later in the spring.
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