11.30AM: Symon Wilde fined $8000 by Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board after pleading guilty for taking his mare Hello My Dear to a race at Edenhope on June 7 with a prohibited substance in her system.
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The sample taken contained Ibuprofen (a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory) which is a prohibited substance in accordance with the Australian Rules of Racing.
The board took into account Hello My Dear was not administered with Ibuprofen but she picked up the substance through contamination.
Wilde has until October 31 to pay the fine.
10.58AM: RADB now to consider verdict for Wilde after submissions from both parties had been heard.
10.50AM: Paul O'Sullivan acting for Wilde giving his summary regarding the case.
10.39AM: Wilde now being questioned intensely by James Ogilvy.
10.20AM: Warrnambool horse trainer Symon Wilde has pleaded GUILTY to the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board this morning for taking his mare Hello My Dear to a race at Edenhope on June 7 with a prohibited substance in her system. The sample taken contained Ibuprofen (a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory) which is a prohibited substance in accordance with the Australian Rules of Racing.
James Ogilvy, acting for Racing Victoria stewards, is now putting forward their case for the hearing.
8.48AM: Warrnambool horse trainer Symon Wilde appears before the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board today to answer a charge relating to a prohibited substance detected in a sample from his mare Hello My Dear after a race at Edenhope on June 7.
Racing Analytical Services Limited (RASL) and Racing Victoria stewards say the sample contained Ibuprofen (a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory) which is a prohibited substance in accordance with the Australian Rules of Racing.
The Standard's Tim Auld is at the hearing at Racing Victoria headquarters in Flemington and will provide rolling up-dates of the case on The Standard web-site from 10am.