Almost three years ago, racing was supposedly entering a brave, new world of hair testing for drugs. Hughie Morrison questions BHA’s rigour as Our Little Sister hearing concludes Read moreThat all appears to have been pie in the sky, judging by evidence at the Hughie Morrison hearing this week. Charlton asked Miller: “Are you aware of the reason why hair samples were not in fact sought?” No, came the dispiriting reply. A BHA spokesman said hair testing is still not sufficiently advanced to be used as the primary means of racecourse testing. So the hair testing proved fruitful indeed, considering the BHA had known none of these details beforehand.

Source: The Guardian December 21, 2017 12:11 UTC