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We have been approached by someone wanting to buy a horse from us that was advertised on the Horse&Hound classified website. Be warned that any message from josecooper111@gmail.com is bogus. She/he is a thief, crook, scum, [insert any other low-life term here]. Their initial inquiry read quite...

That's a pretty big accusation and arguably defamatory, particularly as it's not a conclusion reached by the FEI Tribunal, which is what I think we have to go on here, and not your opinion. Nowhere in its 36 page Decision does the FEI Tribunal even allude to equating the use of this product with...

You missed out the bit in the following paragraph that talks about the "use of a herbal or natural product may result in a positive test result". In other words, it's not a blanket ban on the use of anything that might be described as a 'calmer', but a ban on the use of any product that claims...

I'd be interested if you could point me to the specific FEI that states, "the administration of any calmer is not allowed prior to competition". Don't you think the FEI Tribunal would have raised this rule, if it existed, during the months of correspondence and during the two-day Hearing in...

Hi Alex Sorry to snip your post, but I did so just for brevity's sake. You make some excellent points and I thank you for your kind words. Although we believe this is an isolated 'one-off' incident, we hope it is also a wake-up call. We think the fall-out from this will run for some time. We...

Jock and Kevin did not collect the bottles from other users themselves. Indeed, there was a carefully worked out 'arm's length' procedure used to collect the other riders' bottles for exactly this reason. The whole process was designed to ensure Jock and Kevin had nothing to do with the other...

No, the specific contaminated ingredient has not been identified conclusively (although, boy, did we try! Unfortunately, the various suppliers to Trinity Consultants were not at all cooperative). However, we are pretty sure it was not intentional but much more likely to be the result of...

FEI Tribunal vindicates both riders with "No Fault or Negligence" decisions With regard to the positive tests for a banned substance found in our two horses Clifton Promise and Clifton Pinot at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials in September 2013, we are delighted to announce that the FEI...