Mr. Michael Grassick:

Some damage has been done to our reputation but it is misguided. The only way we can work this out is with the co-operation of the IHRB. This is just rumours and innuendo, and if people keep repeating it, there is not much we can do. We work with HRI and the IHRB. As I said, more testing has been done in the past couple of months than has ever been done. I do not know what else we can do to prove what is or is not going on. Medication takes place daily at yards. There is a medical register for all drugs that are used. When I say "drugs", I mean medication. There are two words. The minute the word "drugs" is used, it is considered a bad word, whereas in fact the drugs are medication these horses are on for their training. Before they can race, those drugs must have left their systems, which can take some time. If the drugs are found in the horse's system when it wins a race, it is disqualified. It is as simple as that. Sometimes there is a delay in the drug going out of the horse's system. As I said, there are a couple of cases coming along. From what I can gather, they are all instances in which the drug had not left the horse's system when he raced. Different drugs take different amounts of time to leave the system. There is a drug that is not so much a drug but rather an injection for the joints. When horses get older, they suffer from wear and tear. Sometimes that drug does not leave the joints. It might have a ten-day timeframe for leaving the system. I know of cases in which horses were given a ten-day timeframe but that drug was still found in the horse months later, and that was with testing by the IHRB monthly until that horse's system was cleared. I do not know what more the trainers can do. The IHRB is doing as much as is humanly possible. We cannot control rumours.

I think Mr. Halford was going to say something.