In response to media enquiries concerning the recent provisional suspension imposed on Jonathon Millar by the FEI, and some of the incorrect speculation arising therefrom, the below news release is intended to provide some relevant insight into the matter.
Jonathon has been bravely battling a serious medical condition as a result of his body’s inability to produce a certain essential hormone which our bodies normally and naturally produce. He suffers from a metabolic deficiency. As a result, any drug test would be abnormal. As a family we have been giving Jonathon all the support and encouragement that you would expect from a close family such as ours, to give him the strength and hope to overcome this illness. We are extremely proud of how Jonathon has looked adversity in the eye and worked tirelessly to overcome this adversity rather than surrender to it.
We are currently waiting for the necessary documentation to assist us in understanding the current problem, and as a result we will not be making any further comment at this time other than to state emphatically, that this has absolutely nothing to do with performance enhancement, cheating or illegal substances, but rather is directly related to Jonathon’s illness and metabolic deficiency.
Thank you.
The Millar Family
More from Horse Sport:
