Viking Hoard trainer Charles Byrnes fails in appeal against six-month suspension

The ban was handed down by the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board last month after his runner, Viking Hoard, failed a drugs test post-race at Tramore in October 2018.
Viking Hoard trainer Charles Byrnes fails in appeal against six-month suspension

The IHRB found that Charles Byrnes was "seriously negligent" in his supervision of Viking Hoard on the afternoon in question.

Trainer Charles Byrnes has failed to have the six-month licence suspension of his licence overturned.

The ban was handed down by the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board last month after his runner, Viking Hoard, failed a drugs test post-race at Tramore in October 2018.

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