Whitaker and Butler face JC panel

Richard Whitaker is to face the Jockey Club’s disciplinary panel on Thursday after Vicious Prince failed a drugs test at Ripon in May.

Wed, 09 Nov, 2005 - 19:38

Richard Whitaker is to face the Jockey Club’s disciplinary panel on Thursday after Vicious Prince failed a drugs test at Ripon in May.

A urine sample from the gelding was found to contain morphine – a prohibited substance – after the six-year-old finished second in the Ripon Farm Services Handicap.

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Courts Racing Heathrow Place: Ripon Place: Leeds Place: Shaftesbury Avenue Place: Cape Unknown Place: Bath Place: Pimms Person: Whitaker Person: Butler Person: Richard Whitaker Person: Vicious Prince Person: Gerard Butler Event: Ripon Farm Services Handicap Event: Races Stakes Event: Handicap Organisation: JC Organisation: Jockey Club

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