Seven further positive tests in Al Zarooni yard

Last year’s Ladbrokes St Leger hero Encke was the highest-profile name among seven further Mahmood Al Zarooni-trained horses to test positive for anabolic steroids.

Following the former Godolphin trainer’s eight-year ban for administering banned drugs to 15 horses in his care, the British Horseracing Authority tested every inmate at his Moulton Paddocks yard in Newmarket.

Those checks produced positive tests for another seven horses, including the Doncaster winner, with the steroid stanozolol found to be in their blood samples.