Horse racing Talking Horses Talking Horses: syringe found in the racecourse stables at Kelso An oral dosing syringe is to be analysed after being found on the floor of a stable box at Kelso yesterday Racing’s ruling body must investigate after a syringe was found in a racecourse box at Kelso. Photograph: racingfotos.com/REX/ShutterstockFriday’s best bets, by Chris CookThere were troubling scenes at Kelso yesterday when a syringe, described as “an oral dosing syringe”, was found in one of the boxes in the racecourse stables. The Clerk of the Course, the Veterinary Officer, and an employee of Keith Dalgleish were interviewed. The BHA have also sent me this statement: “Oral dosing syringes (i.e. those to which you are not able to affix a needle) are permitted in racecourse stables on permission of the veterinary officer for administration of glycerine (or water, for which a bulb syringe would usually be used).

Source: The Guardian February 16, 2018 10:50 UTC