Stewards wrap: NSW trainer banned until 2039

By Katherine Ernst

A FORMER prominent NSW trainer has been banned from the sport until 2039 after one of his greyhounds returned yet another positive swab.

Mark Azzopardi was the subject of a Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) stewards’ inquiry charged with presenting his greyhound, Very Choosy, to race when not free of drugs when it competed at Bathurst on September 19, 2016.

A post-race urine sample taken from the greyhound indicated the presence of caffeine and its metabolites theophylline, paraxanthine and theobromine.

It was the fourth time a greyhound of Azzopardi’s had returned a positive urine sample. He was banned for two years Read full article

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