• Issues raised after atenolol found on Crowned Eagle
• No suggestion Kempton failed to fulfil its obligations
The British Horseracing Authority said on Thursday that it will “consider” concerns raised by its independent disciplinary panel after it highlighted the fact that CCTV cameras at Kempton Park, one of Britain’s busiest tracks in terms of runners, do not cover every box in the “secure area” of its stables.
The lack of full CCTV coverage at Kempton was an issue for the panel during its hearing into a positive drug test for atenolol, a beta-blocker, returned by Marco Botti’s Crowned Eagle after a race at Kempton on 31 March 2018. The panel imposed no penalty on Botti at a hearing on 27 June this year, having decided that the trainer had taken “all reasonable precautions to avoid a violation of the anti-doping rules”.
Written by Greg Wood
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jul/18/bha-cctv-kempton-park-crowned-eagle under the title “BHA will consider concerns over CCTV security weaknesses at Kempton Park”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
