HORSE RACING
Jockey Little’s huge ban
Chad Little’s suspension one of the longest handed down by the National Horseracing Authority
In one of the longest suspensions handed down by the National Horseracing Authority (NHA), Gauteng jockey Chad Little has been banned from riding for 425 days. Following an inquiry at NHA headquarters in Johannesburg, a board disclosed that a urine sample taken from Little at the Vaal racecourse on January 5 showed the presence of the banned substances furosemide and canrenone. A week later — at the same racecourse — Little was tested again and methcathinone, as well as furosemide and canrenone, was detected by the NHA laboratory. At an inquiry in March 2016, Little was found guilty of using a banned sentence and a 60-day suspended ban from riding was imposed. For the contravention of his two positive tests in January, the board gave Little a 365-day suspension. They also added his 60-day suspended sentence from March 2016, making the total ban 425 days. Little has the right of appeal, but the board also stated that he would have to submit three urine samples that tested negative be...
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