Yes, another inquiry on positive swab of Cawbourne Bolt to a metabolite of cocaine was made recently and it was determined that Mr Stuart Dickinson was really guilty of presenting the runner in a race and that the sample taken has Benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of Cocaine. Also through the inquiry, it was determined that Dickinson was the trainer of the greyhound in race in question. It was actually questioned who really was the trainer of the greyhound.
Stewards made investigation on the Cawbourne Bolt positive swab case for four times. First was on March 30, 2010, second on April 29, 2010, third on June 22, 2010 and fourth on August 16, 2010. But it seems that it will be tackled a couple of times more before a final decision is determined.
Still it must be determined if the positive swab source was really contamination of the greyhound in question by a kennel hand just like what a close insider said to the Australian Racing Greyhound. Way back in 2005, a Gai Waterhouse trained horse turned a positive swab to Cocaine but later was found to be because of contamination from a stable hand.
GRNSW admitted that the penalty was not yet determined because GRNSW Stewards still wanted to consider the detailed submissions from Dickinson’s legal counsel. Stewards wanted to be sure that right penalty will be given. Everything must be considered before the Stewards determine the penalty for Dickinson.
After GRNSW Stewards put into consideration the detailed submissions from Dickinson’s legal counsel, an announcement on penalty can already be expected to take place soon. For sure, a lot of greyhound racing enthusiasts have been wondering what will actually happen to Dickinson after sample was taken from Cawbourne Bolt which was thought to have contained something like Benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of Cocaine.
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