Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 8 July 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion
Dr. Lynn Hillyer:
I think the important thing is it was detected, it was disrupted, it was stopped and it was brought to book. The statistic I was going to give before we stopped is we have had 60 cases to 2018. In 55 of those we have been very sure of the source of drug. That is a percentage which exceeds that of most racing authorities. I would love to identify the categoric source in every single case but that is just not possible. We will do what we can and we will not stop until we have done everything we can. As I said, in 55 of 60 cases we are very clear we know what has happened. Viking Hoard was one of the ones where we have to hold our hands up as we did not get to the end of the line. That is it.
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