Norton banned for four months
Jockey Francis Norton was suspended for four months today after a Jockey Club disciplinary hearing into a failed drugs test.
Norton, who failed the test on September 26, 2002, had claimed that the positive result was caused by a herbal tea drink.
His urine sample was found to contain benzoylecgonine, a diagnostic metabolite of cocaine, which is a banned substance.
Norton, 33, had been visited at home by a team from UK Sport, who were undertaking racing’s testing at the time.
Today’s hearing at Portman Square lasted some four hours.
