Harness Racing SA (HRSA) Stewards today, acting under Rule 183 have suspended the licence of Trainer/Driver Mr Wade Knight after receiving advice from Racing Analytical Services Ltd (RASL) that O-desmethylvenlafaxine has been detected in a urine sample taken from LOVING LIFE followings its win in Race 4 Henry Osborne Fodder Store Pace at Port Pirie on 14 October 2016.
The ‘B’ sample has been confirmed by the Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory in NSW.
Mr Knight was given an opportunity to make submissions to HRSA as to why the provisions of Rule 183 should not be imposed. Submissions were received and together with all available information, were considered by HRSA Stewards.
No date for an inquiry into this matter has been set.
Barbara Scott
CHAIR OF STEWARDS
