Peter Snowden Fined Over Positive Swab
- Monday, 14 November 2011 03:16
Darley Australia's head trainer Peter Snowden has been fined over a positive sample from a minor race winner.
The Snowden-trained Moravany tested positive to therapeutic substances oxyphenbutazone and phenylbutazone after winning at the outer Sydney racetrack Hawkesbury on September 3.
Snowden pleaded guilty to presenting Moravany to race with a banned substance during a Racing NSW inquiry on Monday. He was fined $4000.
The inquiry heard evidence from Snowden, his veterinarian and foreman as well as Darley Australia's general manager Henry Plumptre.
Stewards took into account Snowden's previously unblemished record when they decided on the penalty as well the number of starters the stable has each season.
Snowden has been in charge of Sheikh Mohammed's Australian racing team since a 2008 acquisition of the Ingham family's Woodlands Stud bloodstock interests.
He oversees stables at Warwick Farm and Flemington as well as a privately-owned training facility on Sydney's outskirts.
Moravany was stripped of her win with the Class Two race awarded to the Gai Waterhouse-trained De Burghler.
