Doubts over Pipe hearing

JOCKEY CLUB officials were none-the-wiser yesterday as to whether champion trainer Martin Pipe will attend a scheduled hearing tomorrow over his refusal to allow a horse to be dope-tested at Haydock last week.

Explaining his decision, Pipe cited fears over the risk of the horse, Tanterani, picking up an infection in the sampling unit.

But having already been warned by the Jockey Club that failure to allow tests to be carried out in the unit would trigger the disciplinary process, Pipe has been asked to attend Shaftesbury Avenue headquarters.