Vol 13 / No 10 21 May 2021 Fortnightly by Subscription calendar Latest Open Race Details THORN FALCON en route to victory in the KAB Maiden Derby Final at Towcester. 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The Disciplinary Committee wish to advise those appearing before them as “the affected person” that the Disciplinary Committee has the discretion to take account of any previous breaches of the rule(s) of racing which they consider are relevant to a case being heard before them irrespective of the date of commission of the breach. DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE INQUIRIES veterinary medicine in combination McEllistrim’s kennels to inspect with paracetamol for dogs but what medications were on the The Disciplinary Committee of the not for farm animals or horses. In premises and how they were kept. GBGB were in attendance at a combination with paracetamol it is Mrs Huntley told the Committee that meeting held on 11 May 2021 a prescription only or pharmacist she made an unannounced visit on 20 April 2021. Miss McEllistrim left Those present: authorised only medicine for people. Codeine is a potent pain reliever the kennels for a pre-arranged visit Mr H Starte (in the chair) which affects dogs as it does other to a vet about 10 minutes after Mrs Professor M Campbell animals and humans, suppressing Huntley’s arrival. Mrs Huntley then Mr R O’Donovan pain and coughing and with a range spent about an hour at the kennels 1 Romford Stadium – LADY of potentially serious side effects making her inspection and talking ESSEX – Professional Trainer such as constipation and depression with the two kennelhands. She had Miss N McEllistrim of breathing. In humans, it is also a spoken with them during their lunch drug of dependency if abused. It is a break in the kennel kitchen. As they Professional Trainer Miss Norah substance which by its nature could spoke, she had seen one kennelhand McEllistrim was found in breach of affect the performance or prejudice get up from her seat and go to her rules 152(i), 174(i)(b) and 217 of the the wellbeing of a Greyhound. bag, where she had taken a packet GBGB rules of racing in that a urine of medication from the bag. The sample taken from the greyhound Miss McEllistrim told the Local kennelhand took two tablets from a LADY ESSEX at Romford Stadium on Inquiry held on 16 March 2021 that blisterpack and returned to her seat 22 February 2021 was analysed by she had no idea where the codeine with them in her hand. Mrs Huntley LGC Health Sciences as containing detected in LADY ESSEX could have said the kennelhand had taken one the presence of codeine, a substance come from and that she could only tablet but fumbled and dropped the that by its nature could affect the suggest that it had come from the other tablet on the floor. She asked performance or prejudice the well- meat that she fed to her greyhounds. the kennelhand what the tablets being of a greyhound. Miss McEllistrim produced an were. The kennelhand said they were Miss McEllistrim was in attendance. invoice showing that she had been buying Category 3 beef mince for co-codamol painkillers and that she Mr Mark Arkell, Racing Manager had been taking them for 20 years. at Romford Stadium, Stipendiary her greyhounds. She said she was In a statement made on 4 May Stewards Mr Robbie Steward and not aware of any medical treatments 2021 Miss McEllistrim said that the Mrs Hayley Huntley and Professor being taken by herself or any kennel kennelhand had worked for her for Tim Morris, independent scientific staff in contact with LADY ESSEX. more than 20 years. She had been adviser, were also in attendance. In his witness statement for the committee dated 24 March 2021, taking co-codamol regularly through The Committee heard that LADY the day, every day since having ESSEX had run in a 400m Open Professor Morris made clear that, because codeine or codeine in surgery on her back about 15 years Race at Romford Stadium on 22 ago. Miss McEllistrim was sure the February 2021, starting at 40/1 combination with paracetamol was not available for use in farm animals, kennelhand had not deliberately given and finishing 4th. A pre-race urine any tablet to LADY ESSEX. She loved sample was taken which on analysis it was extremely unlikely the codeine detected in the sample from LADY the greyhounds and had devoted her by LGC Health Sciences (“LGC“) life to them. But it could be a case tested positive as containing the ESSEX had come from meat or anything else fed to LADY ESSEX. of accidental contamination from a presence of codeine and norcodeine, dropped tablet. a metabolite of codeine. The Committee heard that The Committee was told by Professor Morris told the Committee Stipendiary Steward Hayley Huntley had been instructed to visit Miss Professor Morris that co-codamol that codeine is available as a is a combination of codeine and CALENDAR 1 paracetamol. Paracetamol had not 2 Sheffield Stadium – SPEED SPEED THRILL had arrived at been detected in the sample taken ZONIC – Professional Trainer Mr Lumb’s kennels in July.