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Second trainer admits giving horses steroids

A second horse trainer from Newmarket has admitted giving horses steroids. Gerard Butler admitted...
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15.55 29 Apr 2013


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Second trainer admits giving horses steroids

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A second horse trainer from Newmarket has admitted giving horses steroids. Gerard Butler admitted administering the substances to several of his animals but insisted he had been told by a veterinarian they were legal substances. Butler said he believes over 100 horses at the stables would have been given the drug.

Last Thursday Mahmood Al Zarooni, a Godolphin trainer, was handed an 8 year ban from the sport for doping horses.

Butler told the BBC: "Over the last few days I have been very uneasy about the Al Zarooni case and felt that I needed to let the general public know what has happened in my yard," he said.

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"Now I would like only to concentrate on helping the BHA with their investigation."


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