Drug testing of FEI riders is set to increase in 2019, with blood tests introduced for the first time, as per World Anti-Doping Agency requirements.
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A Belgian jumper who turned down a “fast-track” fine for a colic-related controlled medication violation has been suspended for six months.
A summary of five recent doping case rulings made by the FEI Tribunal in the sport of endurance racing involved banned substances and controlled medications
Registered endurance trainers will be given automatic provisional suspensions when horses in their care test positive to prohibited substances.
A young Uruguayan endurance rider has been suspended for two years and fined 3,000 Swiss francs after her horse tested positive for a banned substance.
Banned anabolic steroid stanozolol is widely used in Italy, with jumpers relying on their vets to prevent any anti-doping violations, it has been alleged.
Five endurance horses loaned to foreign nationals for rides in the UAE this winter have failed dope tests, with half the 2017-2018 desert season still to go
