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UPDATED 7:29PM, JAN 19 2021
Irish racing was left reeling on Tuesday following the revelation that Cheltenham Festival-winning trainer Charles Byrnes s licence has been suspended for six months after Viking Hoard was found to have tested positive for a sedative following a race at Tramore in which he was heavily laid to lose.
One wager had a liability of €34,889 to win €3,200 on the defeat of Viking Hoard, who was pulled up in a handicap hurdle in October 2018 having drifted from 4-1 to a starting price of 8-1. No evidence was found linking Byrnes to these bets.
It was established that Viking Hoard was subject to a dangerous degree of sedation during the race , and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board s referrals committee accepted the interpretation of the evidence the horse had been nobbled by an unidentified third party when left unaccompanied. It consequently noted that it follows as a matter of probability that Mr Byrnes s general mode of operation permitted
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