Takeover Target could be among overseas horses barred from visiting Britain after the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) yesterday beefed up its policy concerning performance-enhancing drugs. From 1 January 2009, under a new BHA directive overseas trainers will have to declare that their horses have not been trained on non-therapeutic substances, or face a ban from running in UK races. The move is bound to be seen as a reaction to trainer Mark Johnstonās outspoken criticism of foreign-trained horses being encouraged to visit Britain, despite their having been administered banned substances like steroids in the past. The latter trains Takeover Target, who failed a drug test in Hong Kong later in 2006 after winning the Kingās Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot. The eight-year-old is currently recovering from a torn suspensory ligament suffered at Ascot last month, but Janiak has not ruled out paying a fourth visit to the royal meeting next June. This includes any use of anabolic agents to increase muscle mass, such as steroid drugs, and the use of drugs for a āpartitioningā effect to increase muscle and reduce fat, such as seen in the misuse of bronchodilator drugs. read more
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