Ignominious footnote in career of ex-trainerColt tested positive after winning race in 2018A final, ignominious footnote was added to the Classic-winning career of former trainer Jeremy Noseda on Tuesday when Walk In The Sun, a winner at Lingfield in February 2018, was disqualified for returning a post-race positive for cocaine and one of the performance-enhancing drug’s metabolites. Noseda, who announced his retirement from training “with immediate effect” in June 2019, was also fined £1,500.Walk In The Sun was a red-hot 1-12 favourite for a novice stakes on 27 February and won by seven lengths. Rumours started to circulate in March 2018 that the colt had failed a post-race dope test and Walk In The Sun joined Martyn Meade before his next start in a Group Three at Royal Ascot in June 2018. The same month, it emerged that the banned substance in question was cocaine. Continue reading…
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