Greyhound trainer had doping fine in Britain

ONE of the greyhound trainers Paschal Taggart claims was lacking in “awareness” when he administered prohibited drug EPO was fined by British racing authorities 14 months ago for using banned substances.

Leading trainer Paul Hennessy was fined £800 (€1,167) in December 2004 and severely reprimanded by the National Greyhound Racing Club stewards in London, following a positive drugs test on his young greyhound Heart Rumble.

The NGRC inquiry heard the greyhound had the anabolic steroid nandrolone, banned across a range of professional sports, in his system along with two other metabolites, drugs often used by weightlifters.